structurelessadj.
/ˈstrʌktʃələs/, U.S. /ˈstrək(t)ʃərləs/ That lacks structure; shapeless, formless; disorganized.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adjective] > not organized
inorganized1649
unorganized1653
amorphous1804
disorganized1812
structureless1823
inorganic1843
fouled-up1942
1823 H. Mayo Anat. & Physiol. Comm. II. 69 The apparently structureless medullary substance is contracted here to a narrow line.
1848 W. H. Walshe in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 104/1 Granular matter lying in a structureless substance.
1896 Tablet 1 Feb. 161 The structureless creed of the Board schools.
1938 M. Black Hatch & Rastall's Petrol. Sedimentary Rocks (ed. 3) viii. 163 Shelly or structureless, unbedded limestones..will be left out of consideration.
1979 R. Anderton et al. Dynamic Stratigr. Brit. Isles xiii. 191/2 These siltstones are mostly structureless.
2010 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 6 June n18 After typing a rather structureless, meandering but nevertheless cathartic mess of three A4 pages, [etc.].
Derivatives
ˈstructurelessness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [noun] > state of being unorganized
unorganizedness1664
inorganization1839
structurelessness1855
1855 T. H. Huxley in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 476/1 The structurelessness of a homogeneous membrane.
1892 Nation (N.Y.) 7 Apr. 263/1 It is a fact which absolutely overthrows the whole theory of poetic structure or structurelessness implied in Whitman's volumes.
1919 W. E. Ritter Unity of Organism I. xi. 320 The question of structurelessness versus organization is no less pressing in the one case than in the other.
2008 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 11 May 27 I fear the structurelessness and poverty that might await us.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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