unstructured

unstructured
[[t]ʌ̱nstrʌ̱ktʃə(r)d[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED
Something such as a meeting, interview, or activity that is unstructured is not organized in a complete or detailed way.

Our aim was that these meetings be unstructured and informal...

As seminars go, these are loose, unstructured affairs.

...the highly unstructured nature of the graduate recruitment procedures.

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