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unsystematic

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ systematic.

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  • IPA(key): /ʌnˌsɪstəˈmætɪk/

Adjective

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unsystematic (comparative more unsystematic, superlative most unsystematic)

  1. Not systematic; random, disorganised, or unthorough.
    • 1959 June, R. A. Young, “A Railway Holiday in Ireland—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 416:
      The relegation of locomotives to storage seemed to be on a very unsystematic basis on all three principal Irish railways: while one member of a class was rusting in a yard, another might be hard at work in revenue-earning service— [] .
    • 1989 January, Werner Winter, “On a new claim concerning substratum influence upon Tocharian”, in Central Asiatic Journal[1], volume 33, number 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISSN, page 131:
      None of the traditional proposals suffers from the weaknesses characteristic of CAW's suggestions: what CAW has to offer are mere guesses, arrived at in a totally unsystematic way and totally unsupported by rational and reasonable argumentation.

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