“+ adjective
: lacking structure or organization: as
a.
(1) : not having an integrated system or hierarchy of the roles, functions, or statuses of an organized society
the situation was unstructured , for there were no persons vested with authority by virtue of station or public office — American Anthropologist
were experiencing a permissive and relatively unstructured situation that included strong demands for individual participation — G.E.Swanson
in a neighborhood gang … with a relatively unstructured system — Journal of Social Issues
(2) : not forming a part of such an integrated system or hierarchy
the position of the poet is unstructured … in our society — Report: Harvard Laboratory of Social Relations
the defeated candidate has an extremely unstructured status — R.M.Goldman
b. : not formally organized into a set or conventional pattern : ambiguous
questions on the effect of price and flavor were unstructured … purposely vague to encourage respondents to give an answer — Australian Journal of Dairy Tech.
in an unstructured or new situation the person feels insecure because the psychological directions are not defined — Kurt Lewin
an unstructured situation … with no frame of reference except such as may be created by the subject himself — W.S.Ray