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unmethodical

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me⋅thod⋅i⋅cal

  [muh-thod-i-kuhl]
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–adjective
1. performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
2. painstaking, esp. slow and careful; deliberate.
Also, me⋅thod⋅ic.

Origin:
1560–70; methodic (< L methodic(us) < Gk methodikós; see method, -ic ) + -al 1

Related forms:
me⋅thod⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
me⋅thod⋅i⋅cal⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. precise. See orderly.
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methodical 
1570, from methodic (1541), from M.Fr. methodique, from L.L. methodicus, from Gk. methodikos, from methodos (see method).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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