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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of immethodical

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

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I must beg my reader's indulgence, being the most immethodical writer imaginable.

From Augusta Triumphans Or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe by Defoe, Daniel

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

If we sum up in one word the most pervading, constant, and obvious characteristic of our schools, and of the teaching and the learning in them to this day, that word must be, immethodical.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

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

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