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  • 111Irregularity of recurrence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Irregularity of recurrence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 irregularity irregularity uncertainty unpunctuality Sgm: N 1 fitfulness fitfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 capriciousness capriciousness ecrhythmus|… …

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  • 112desultory — [16] Latin dēsultor designated a circus trick rider who jumped from the back of one horse to another while they were galloping along (it was a derivative of dēsilīre, a compound verb formed from dē ‘down’ and salīre ‘jump’, source of or related… …

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  • 113casual — (adj.) late 14c., subject to or produced by chance, from O.Fr. casuel, from L.L. casualis by chance, from L. casus chance, event (see CASE (Cf. case) (n.1)). Of persons, in the sense of not to be depended on, unmethodical, it is attested from… …

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  • 114desultory — des·ul·to·ry || desltÉ™rɪ adj. aimless, random; unmethodical, lacking order; going from one thing to another; sluggish; rambling; digressive …

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  • 115unscientific — adj. not scientific, unmethodical, unsystematic, not conforming to the principles or methods of science …

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  • 116unsystematic — adj. unmethodical, unorganized, unplanned, random, disorderly …

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  • 117unsystematical — adj. unmethodical, unorganized, unplanned, random, disorderly …

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  • 118unsystematic — adjective not done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; unmethodical. Derivatives unsystematically adverb …

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  • 119immethodical — a. Unsystematic, irregular, unmethodical, confused, desultory, disorderly …

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  • 120desultory — adjective the desultory interest you have in your child s welfare is appalling Syn: casual, cursory, superficial, token, perfunctory, half hearted, lukewarm; random, aimless, erratic, unmethodical, unsystematic, chaotic, inconsistent, irregular,… …

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