unformalised
Lacking official structure
Unformalised describes something that hasn't been given official or systematic structure.
An unformalised agreement exists through understanding rather than written contract.
Unformalised procedures develop organically without being codified into policy: The mentorship program remained unformalised, with senior staff simply taking newcomers under their wing.
British spelling; American English uses *unformalised*.
Arising without external cause
- unstructuredLacking imposed order
- ad-hocFor a specific purpose
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
- freeformUnconstrained by structure
relaxed · loose · unofficial · off-the-record · unconventional · nontraditional · unregulated · unsystematic
Not yet complete
- draftPreliminary version of text
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- outlineSummary of key elements
- undevelopedNot fully formed
unrefined · inchoate · embryonic · nascent · rudimentary · tentative · provisional · unpolished
spontaneous
Arising without external cause
- unstructuredLacking imposed order
- ad-hocFor a specific purpose
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
freeform · relaxed · loose · unofficial · off-the-record · unconventional · nontraditional · unregulated · unsystematic · uncodified
unfinished
Not yet complete
undeveloped · unrefined · inchoate · embryonic · nascent · rudimentary · tentative · provisional · unpolished · immature
unprocessed
Not yet treated
rough · coarse · unpolished · unhewn · unshaped · unworked · native · natural · organic · unaltered
nascent
Beginning to develop
- incipientStarting to develop
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- developingBecoming more advanced
evolving · emergent · fledgling · burgeoning · unfolding · maturing · growing · sprouting · dawning · rising
unformalisedformalised
Made officially systematic
formalized · codified · standardized · systematized · institutionalized
form, inform, formal, reform, perform, informal, formula, formation, transform