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

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

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

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

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

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