unstructured
unstructured
Definition
un·struc·tured (-struk′c̸hərd)
adjective
not formally or systematically organized; loose, free, open, etc.
unstructured
Synonyms
unstructured
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- mesh: Simulation of fire within an aircraft cockpit using an unstructured mesh.
- interview: An unstructured interview may seem like quite an informal chat.
- grid: A project working in parallel with the above is the development of suitable transport models for use in unstructured grid based models.
- datum: Images are a typical form of complex unstructured data.
- learning: The children who gathered round the machines showed how potent this kind of unstructured learning can be.
- sequence: Structured sequences of locations, encouraging chunking, were compared with unstructured sequences.
Modifying Another Word
- relatively: In the relatively unstructured laboratory environment, lecturers were often unaware of my special needs.
- largely: It has also meant that childcare has been largely unstructured.
- fairly: For Hawthorne, Philippians is a fairly unstructured letter covering quite a range of topics.
- totally: However, this approach was found to apply only to semi-structured information sources rather than to totally unstructured ones.
- completely: AskSam seems most suited for the indexing of either structured information in short records or completely unstructured notes.
- very: At present we have a community that is still very unstructured.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: This made the course seem unstructured at the time.
- comprise: Again, this comprises unstructured, one-time assistance, very expensive and/or totally inadequate for the needs of a growing business.
- become: In real applications where there is a need to process many different element types, this style of program can quickly become very unstructured.
