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

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

Tom Puzzle is one of the most eminent immethodical disputants of any that has fallen under my observation.—Addison.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

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

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

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