unsystematic

adjective

Definition of unsystematicnext
as in indiscriminate

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Recent Examples of unsystematic Nevertheless, higher but more stable prices without the market-distorting effects of unsystematic subsidization are a net gain for China and foreign investors alike. — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Attacks are unsystematic and on residential areas. — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022 In investing, there are two primary types of broad risks: systematic and unsystematic risk. — Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsystematic
  1. indiscriminate
  2. purposeless
  3. haphazard
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, for a war-weary and dangerously divided nation, the president and his allies in Congress want to invest at least $300 billion more in the war machine and indiscriminate mass deportations.
    — Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The indiscriminate slashing has given impotent Democrats a hammer to use against the administration.
    — Nolan Finley, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of indiscriminate
Adjective
  • Marine biologists had thought that the pelvic bones were purposeless in the marine environment, and would eventually disappear given another million or so years of evolution.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2014
  • But here’s a question: How much longer can the country afford to lure so many of its promising talents into a life of purposeless paper-pushing and legalized economic vandalism that antitrust has become?
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 10 May 2022
Definition of purposeless
Adjective
  • The mass arrests and roundups thus far have been so haphazard that there is a very real likelihood that innocent individuals have also been swept up and deported.
    — Nisha Whitehead, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But swirling around it are immigration restrictions, headlong and haphazard reductions in Federal spending and a separate but related confidence shock weighing on consumer behavior.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of haphazard

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“Unsystematic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsystematic. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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