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UNSYSTEMATIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsystematic mean?
• UNSYSTEMATIC (adjective)
The adjective UNSYSTEMATIC has 1 sense:
1. lacking systematic arrangement or method or organization
Familiarity information: UNSYSTEMATIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking systematic arrangement or method or organization
Context example:
he works in an unsystematic manner
Also:
disorganised; disorganized (lacking order or methodical arrangement or function)
irregular (contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice)
Antonym:
systematic (characterized by order and planning)
Context examples
Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud-stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin-player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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