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immethodical

American  
[im-uh-thod-i-kuhl] / ˌɪm əˈθɒd ɪ kəl /

adjective

  1. not methodical; without method or system.


immethodical British  
/ ˌɪmɪˈθɒdɪkəl /

adjective

  1. lacking in method or planning; disorganized

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Other Word Forms

  • immethodically adverb
  • immethodicalness noun

Etymology

Origin of immethodical

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

Example Sentences

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I thought that had been immethodical in tragedy.

From The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 by Saintsbury, George

In grammar, rhetoric, logic, my education was imperfect, because immethodical.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail

There, you see, you are coming in your own immethodical and precipitate way, to the very point with which I set out.

From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)

How imperious were the dictates of that nature, to whose immethodical but honest teachings they had been almost entirely given up.

From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by Simms, William Gilmore

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.

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen