UNSYSTEMATIC Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

unsystematic

adjective

Definition of unsystematic

as in indiscriminate

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Recent Examples of unsystematic The raids appeared to be wildly unsystematic. — Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 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 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 For millennia, mathematicians treated problems of chance with unsystematic guesswork. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsystematic

Adjective

The public enemy is not a character in the drama of the American legal system, which stands solidly atop a foundation of justice, and not arbitrary power and indiscriminate retribution.

— David B Mcgarry, Oc Register, 8 July 2026
Doctors’ payments should reward diagnostic stewardship and penalize indiscriminate testing.

— Daniel Morgan, STAT, 6 July 2026

Definition of indiscriminate

Adjective

Employees optimize for proxy metrics while experiencing their actual work as purposeless.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Nearly half acknowledged mental health issues, and 34% felt their lack of personal relationships was a factor that contributed to feeling purposeless.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 24 June 2026

Definition of purposeless

Adjective

The current approach to AI mirrors the haphazard medical standards of the early 20th century, Bressman says, before medical schools, medical boards and other authorities agreed on national benchmarks for training and licensing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Even the redactions were haphazard, with some names still visible.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

Definition of haphazard

Adjective

Yankee, and Danny Jansen could also end up on the block, and the directionless Angels would be wise to deal Long Island native Logan O’Hoppe.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
Set in Los Angeles, 15 Minutes of Fame follows Tony and Jackie, two directionless Latino roommates struggling to survive adulthood while facing mounting financial pressure.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 June 2026

Definition of directionless

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untactful

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