immethodical

American  

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

adjective

1. not methodical; without method or system.

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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

Though like Goldsmith an immethodical student, he had imbibed deeper draughts of knowledge, and made himself a riper scholar.

From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Irving, Washington

My reading has been lamentably desultory and immethodical.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles

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