systemless
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Ancient Greek σῠνῐ́στημῐ (sŭnĭ́stēmĭ)
Late Latin systēma
English system
English systemless
Adjective
systemless (comparative more systemless, superlative most systemless)
- lacking organised or systematic structure; without a system
- 1880, Mark Twain, The Awful German Language:
- Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.
Derived terms
Translations
without a system
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