His books were lined up unsystematically on the shelf. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts. ,a systematic person. ,systematic theology. ,systematic botany. ,the systematic names of plants. From Dictionary.com.
Preliminary and unsystematically chosen searches suggested by some of the usages LH lists yield these data. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: IN OR UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.] Reference
Despite calls from opposition benches, no country in the world had approached privatisation unsystematically. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Some are imitative of the teacher's prior utterance; others are selected unsystematically from a small group of "wild card" signs. From Wordnik.com. [More on Monkey Talk] Reference
They encouraged colour discrimination and segregation; but they did so unsystematically, not on grounds of principle but of expediency. From Wordnik.com. [1. The Work of IDAF] Reference
Elizabeth herself, Burghley, Walsingham, and Ormonde, were opposed to the extermination policy; but the bloodshed went on, unsystematically instead of systematically. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
Where only the learned know how to read and write, the written language takes on a learned tinge; the popular spoken tongue has nothing to keep it steady and changes rapidly and unsystematically. From Wordnik.com. [A Librarian's Open Shelf] Reference
In this composition and again in the Missa ‘Se mieulx ne vient’ Weerbeke used the technique of hybrid cantus firmus parody, in which not only the tenor but also parts of the other voices are taken quite unsystematically from a chanson. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
In drawing me into the project they'd supplied me with a batch of research materials, which I'd browsed unsystematically, as well as a working version of their reconstruction of the film, in order for me to glean what the excitement was about. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem] Reference
SDMA royalty ladies and gents, was transplanted from NY to SD in 2000 and came to be a hip-hop artist rather unsystematically. From Wordnik.com. [NBC San Diego -] Reference
Until now, such expertise could often be acquired slowly, unsystematically and incompletely in actual practice and the exchange of empirical insights with colleagues. From Wordnik.com. [Presseportal] Reference
The worker has access to all the sources of information of Traditional Management, and has, besides these, in effect, unsystematically derived standards to direct him. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste] Reference
In this raw material are the makings of a rich portrait of these men and their war, but the evidence is marshaled unsystematically, the abundant quotation insufficiently digested. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
It is, however, granted capriciously and unsystematically, without those checks and regulations which, if there were a general system, would be adopted to make it safe and effective. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852] Reference
Dr. Schneider said the AHRQ report incorrectly analyzed studies and incorrectly rated the quality of the studies while applying statistical methods poorly, arbitrarily, and unsystematically. From Wordnik.com. [Brain Blogger] Reference
The conclusive researches of Duchesne have established beyond a doubt that in its earlier part, as far as the ninth century, the Liber Pontificalis war gradually compiled, and that the later continuations were added unsystematically. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
In the discussion of the various chapters, and in showing how individuality, functionalization, measurement, and so on, were introduced, and the psychological effect upon the men of their being introduced, welfare was more or less unsystematically considered. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste] Reference
“Inductions are still performed for the most part unconsciously and unsystematically ¦. From Wordnik.com. [Chauncey Wright] Reference
“dramatic” dialogues that are themselves shaped poetically ” and the remarks he offers us both meander unsystematically, even within a single dialogue, and branch off in what seem like strange directions, such as into discussions about the corruption of self to which poetry allegedly exposes its audience. From Wordnik.com. [Plato on Rhetoric and Poetry] Reference
Carolyn strolled negligently -- even unsystematically -- behind. From Wordnik.com. [Bertram Cope's Year] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.

