immethodical

[ im-uh-thod-i-kuhl ]

adjective

1. not methodical; without method or system.

immethodical

/ ˌɪmɪˈθɒdɪkəl /

adjective

1. lacking in method or planning; disorganized

Derived Forms

• ˌimmeˈthodicalness, noun
• ˌimmeˈthodically, adverb

Other Words From

• imme·thodi·cal·ly adverb
• imme·thodi·cal·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of immethodical¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; im- ² + methodical

Example Sentences

It was these defects in his oratory, and his utter want of all taste for business, and his indolent and immethodical habits, which kept him behind men of inferior talents and acquirements while his party was in opposition, and gave him no prominent place in its counsels when it assumed the reins of Government.

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Immethodical, im-me-thod′ik-al, adj. without method or order: irregular.—adv.

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From her childhood she had browsed in her father's library, full of the works of ancient philosophers and quaint English poets, and had imbibed from them great thoughts and noble sentiments; but her reading, like all her education, was immethodical.

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And as this Sermon may be a little Immethodical, because I purpose to make it almost all Aplication so I shall advance some Conclusions from the Premises which I lay down, as the Geneuine sence of the Words.

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We concede that he was a loose and immethodical writer; but we fail to find evidence that he often, if ever, substituted fictions for facts, or made false statements or great exaggerations.

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