An unstructured situation with no one in authority. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He is uncomfortable in unstructured situations and often gets lost on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Sports] Reference
This index "indicates to what extent a culture programs its members to feel either uncomfortable or comfortable in unstructured situations.". From Wordnik.com. [The Ideological Animal] Reference
But this was an instant satori, the result of a single tablet or sugar cube, sourced on the black market and often taken in unstructured circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Savage on song: The Dovers open their Third Eye] Reference
Again the notion of unstructured rich data Baty also talked about. From Wordnik.com. [Sun Bloggers] Reference
Adrian Benepe out of the blue and offered to design for the city, pro bono, a playground based around the idea of unstructured free play. From Wordnik.com. [Making Work of Child's Play] Reference
They're the kind of unstructured linen things that only work in Berkeley. From Wordnik.com. [Friends with Money] Reference
My oldest brother, 79, Tommy, who had 10 children, kind of unstructured life. From Wordnik.com. [Unplanned Parenthood] Reference
Effective collaboration for managing early "unstructured" innovation efforts. From Wordnik.com. [MSDN Blogs] Reference
The service should increase the relevance of "unstructured" search results, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal] Reference
Typically, "unstructured" refers to a mix of file types that get amalgamated into one giant data store. From Wordnik.com. [GigaOM] Reference
Now, in this era of heavy parental supervision and organized sports, this kind of unstructured recreation is virtually unknown. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Campus] Reference
He said his early movies were "kind of unstructured," but he won first place in the East Lansing Children's Film Festival in 2005. From Wordnik.com. Reference
From Text Analytics to Data Warehousing IBM recently posted a quite nice page on extracting business value from "unstructured" data. From Wordnik.com. [Intelligent Enterprise] Reference
Loose and unstructured, an elastic around my waist. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
Some parents say the kids need unstructured play time. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 17, 2006] Reference
His aides carefully shield him from unstructured interviews. From Wordnik.com. [The Usual Suspects] Reference
I thought that play was, by definition, free and unstructured. From Wordnik.com. [Making Work of Child's Play] Reference
Most meals were very unstructured, except for special occasions. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
The robot can handle unstructured environments, according to Mr. Zielke. From Wordnik.com. [Enterprise Dispatch] Reference
"Most people do well much of the day until it becomes unstructured," Frank says. From Wordnik.com. [The Staycation, the healthful road not taken] Reference
But I also like my freedom, that unstructured life that comes from living alone. From Wordnik.com. [badger Diary Entry] Reference
I have to confess that I'm somewhat skeptical of the concept of unstructured free play. From Wordnik.com. [Making Work of Child's Play] Reference
They spend unstructured days amid the lochs and islands, hiking, cooking or just dreaming. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Our Time Off] Reference
It takes great discipline to be unstructured and have your lack of structure be meaningful. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Sarkin: A Medical Mystery and Artist Savant: Adam Klappholz] Reference
I was terribly frustrated at the way ministerial conferences are structured, or unstructured. From Wordnik.com. [There Is No Trade King] Reference
VELSHI: So if you can benefit from that sort of environment and that sort of unstructured work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2008] Reference
S. O'BRIEN: Do you think that summer should be structured or unstructured, or a little mix of both?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2006] Reference
At the same time, "unstructured" environments pose new challenges Furthermore, some technologies (e.g. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The park even includes a Wild Zone, a new form of public space dedicated to unstructured free play in nature. From Wordnik.com. [Darell Hammond: How to Heal a Community and Resolve International Conflicts: It Starts With a Playground] Reference
Both structured and unstructured log data can be viewed and queried using the Log Miner or Investigator features. From Wordnik.com. [Log management review: LogRhythm LR2000-XM] Reference
LAXALT: She'll have an opportunity to prove that, if they cut her loose and let her answer unstructured questions. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2008] Reference
But then when I retired from the service, after about a year there at Edwards, that ` s when I went into a very unstructured life. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2007] Reference
I think they have an optimum-choice selector which is supposed to take over unstructured situations; but it's never been tried out. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
The enemy force was so unstructured that we were unable to specifically identify objectives against which we could maneuver our forces. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2008] Reference
Unfortunately, these young people aren't necessarily filling their free time with the unstructured play that adults wax nostalgic about. From Wordnik.com. [Laura Vanderkam: Are We Over-Scheduling Our Children?] Reference
While a week or two of camp in the summer is fine, she says kids also need large periods of unstructured time to "follow their passions.". From Wordnik.com. [No Camp This Summer? No Problem!] Reference
New research in the journal Criminology shows that teens with more unstructured hanging out time are more likely to do certain bad things. From Wordnik.com. [Philip N. Cohen: Police Your Teens, Or Else?] Reference
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