unmethodicaladj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnmᵻˈθɒdᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌənməˈθɑdək(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and methodical adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, methodical adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + methodical adj.

Not methodical; lacking method or organization; unsystematic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > unmethodical

unmethodical1570

amethodical1664

desultory1740

methodless1849

puttering1855

casual1883

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adjective] > lacking system or method

unmethodical1570

immethodical1605

immethoded1653

amethodical1664

unsystematic1770

unsystematical1780

systemless1805

ramble-scramble1827

immethodic1858

rag-tag1860

impressionistic1909

presystematic1931

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xiii. v. f. 397^v To do other wayes, were to me a confusion, and an vnmethodicall heaping of matter together.

1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. l. sig. Nn7 They are vnmethodicall, hardly to be caught by one forme, any in truth wil do it.

1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 307 The other unmethodical way of making so many Simple Ideas, places those Ideas at random, or hap-hazard.

1732 L. Twells Vindic. Gospel St. Matthew 28 This he performs at so loose and unmethodical a Rate, that my Reader would be bewilder'd in a close Attendance upon him.

1797 J. Bramah Let. Infringem. Patent Steam Engine 2 The incongruous and unmethodical manner in which questions were put by the Defendants' Counsel.

1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. vi. 62 When I saw her..smoothing his papers (in which he was apt to be unmethodical).

1869 J. E. T. Rogers in A. Smith Inq. Wealth Nations (new ed.) I. Pref. p. xxiv The resources and defects of vast but unmethodical learning.

1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. i. 28 Its form is of necessity unmethodical: it is, if you will, anti-scholastic.

1918 D. Haig Diary 14 Apr. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 404 Foch seems to me unmethodical and takes a ‘short-view’ of the situation.

1978 P. Sutcliffe Oxf. Univ. Press iii. iii. 82 [His] obituarist attributed his failure to write in later life to the fact that he was unmethodical.

2013 Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) (Nexis) 19 Feb. Unmethodical construction of roads and the haphazard relaying of sewerage lines forced residents..to stage a protest.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmethodical
释义	unmethodicaladj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnmᵻˈθɒdᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌənməˈθɑdək(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and methodical adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, methodical adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + methodical adj. Not methodical; lacking method or organization; unsystematic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > unmethodical unmethodical1570 amethodical1664 desultory1740 methodless1849 puttering1855 casual1883 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adjective] > lacking system or method unmethodical1570 immethodical1605 immethoded1653 amethodical1664 unsystematic1770 unsystematical1780 systemless1805 ramble-scramble1827 immethodic1858 rag-tag1860 impressionistic1909 presystematic1931 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xiii. v. f. 397^v To do other wayes, were to me a confusion, and an vnmethodicall heaping of matter together. 1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. l. sig. Nn7 They are vnmethodicall, hardly to be caught by one forme, any in truth wil do it. 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 307 The other unmethodical way of making so many Simple Ideas, places those Ideas at random, or hap-hazard. 1732 L. Twells Vindic. Gospel St. Matthew 28 This he performs at so loose and unmethodical a Rate, that my Reader would be bewilder'd in a close Attendance upon him. 1797 J. Bramah Let. Infringem. Patent Steam Engine 2 The incongruous and unmethodical manner in which questions were put by the Defendants' Counsel. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. vi. 62 When I saw her..smoothing his papers (in which he was apt to be unmethodical). 1869 J. E. T. Rogers in A. Smith Inq. Wealth Nations (new ed.) I. Pref. p. xxiv The resources and defects of vast but unmethodical learning. 1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. i. 28 Its form is of necessity unmethodical: it is, if you will, anti-scholastic. 1918 D. Haig Diary 14 Apr. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 404 Foch seems to me unmethodical and takes a ‘short-view’ of the situation. 1978 P. Sutcliffe Oxf. Univ. Press iii. iii. 82 [His] obituarist attributed his failure to write in later life to the fact that he was unmethodical. 2013 Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) (Nexis) 19 Feb. Unmethodical construction of roads and the haphazard relaying of sewerage lines forced residents..to stage a protest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1570
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