unsystematic

adjective

Definition of unsystematicnext
as in indiscriminate

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Recent Examples of unsystematic For millennia, mathematicians treated problems of chance with unsystematic guesswork. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026 The raids appeared to be wildly unsystematic. — Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 Nevertheless, higher but more stable prices without the market-distorting effects of unsystematic subsidization are a net gain for China and foreign investors alike. — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Impressed by this fact, Koolhaas and his partners use the exhibition to traverse the (mostly) uninhabited earth with unsystematic abandon. — Nikil Saval, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2020 This was a radical idea in China, where scholars had always researched the past through manuscripts in the safety of their libraries, or at most, made unsystematic studies of the imperial palaces in Beijing. — Stefen Chow, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsystematic
  1. indiscriminate
  2. purposeless
  3. haphazard
  4. directionless
Adjective
  • Human rights monitors have also documented abuses by government forces, including indiscriminate drone strikes, extrajudicial killings and disappearances.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Only indiscriminate, promiscuous lovers of candy, any candy, could conceivably stomach a pound or two of candy corn before dinner, as Jerry Cohen and I can without heavy breathing.
    — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of indiscriminate
Adjective
  • Real participation and citing original sources within the community outperform purposeless content meant to meet quotas.
    — Amy Packard Berry, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Long, uneventful sequences capturing Kozue’s idle days spent daydreaming in nature or by the incinerator soon come to feel purposeless.
    — Elena Lazic, Variety, 25 July 2026
Definition of purposeless
Adjective
  • After that, Grace all but disappears from Crystal Lake, exposing the haphazard plotting of a show that refuses to commit.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Violent crime, once almost unknown on the island, is rising sharply—another sign of the state’s haphazard retreat.
    — Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of haphazard
Adjective
  • That kind of grinding, directionless uncertainty makes Salesforce an interesting candidate for a neutral, short premium trade.
    — Julia Spina, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Starring Matthew Gray Gubler, the series follows Lewis Einstein, the brilliant and directionless great-grandson of Albert Einstein, an eccentric professor who forms an unlikely partnership with a sharp detective to tackle the most perplexing cases.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of directionless

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“Unsystematic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsystematic. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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