無む計けい画かく

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JLPTN3

Meanings

na-adjective, noun

unplanned; haphazard; without a plan

Describes actions, projects, or lifestyles that lack proper planning or are done impulsively. Often carries a negative nuance of being disorganized or reckless.

彼かれの無む計けい画かくな行こう動どうにはいつも驚おどろかされる。
I'm always surprised by his haphazard actions.
無む計けい画かくに旅りょ行こうに出でかけたら、ホテルがどこも満まん室しつだった。
When I set off on a trip without a plan, every hotel was fully booked.

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Usage patterns

無む計けい画かくな〈事こと〉an unplanned/haphazard thing or undertaking
無む計けい画かくな旅りょ行こうはトラブルの元もとになりやすい。
Unplanned trips tend to lead to problems.
無む計けい画かくに〈動どう詞し〉to do something without any planning
彼かれは無む計けい画かくにお金かねを使つかってしまった。
He spent money without any planning.
無む計けい画かくな経けい営えいunplanned/haphazard business management
無む計けい画かくな経けい営えいが会かい社しゃの倒とう産さんを招まねいた。
Haphazard management led to the company's bankruptcy.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't
計plot, plan, scheme
画brush-stroke, picture

Related words

行いき当あたりばったり
行き当たりばったり is a colloquial, vivid expression for acting on the spur of the moment, while 無計画 is a more neutral, formal term for the same lack of planning.
ずさんN1
杜撰 emphasizes sloppy, careless execution (often of work or documents), whereas 無計画 focuses specifically on the absence of a plan.
無む策さく
無策 is broader and often applies to policy, strategy, or institutional failure, whereas 無計画 emphasizes a simple lack of planning for a concrete task.

Opposites

計けい画かく的てきN3
計画的 describes actions done with careful planning, the direct opposite of 無計画, which describes actions done without any plan.
計けい画かくN4
無計画 describes acting without any plan or forethought, the opposite of having a 計画.

Don't confuse with

無む謀ぼうN1
無謀 describes reckless behavior that ignores risk or consequences, while 無計画 simply means an action was done without any plan, not necessarily dangerously.

Built from

無む+計けい画かく

Etymology

Compound of 無 (mu, 'without') and 計画 (keikaku, 'plan'). The kanji 無 is a common prefix for negation, and 計画 is a Sino-Japanese word for 'plan' or 'scheme'.