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Recent Examples of unscientific
Their persistence is staggering, senseless, and Steller allows an unscientific thought into his mind: perhaps the foxes are punishing them, making the crew pay for the popularity of their skins in St Petersburg.
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Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025
Sure, Thanksgiving is a little different – and typically not a table full of strangers – but in my own unscientific study on Thursday, Gen Z (my nieces and nephews) was well-represented and highly engaged.
—Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
That decidedly unscientific idea has been encouraged by a very scientific man—Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
Sedano’s Supermarkets Sedano’s, the winner of the Miami Herald’s recent unscientific poll seeking readers’ favorite South Florida supermarket, has several Thanksgiving deals this season.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025
Sure, Thanksgiving is a little different – and typically not a table full of strangers – but in my own unscientific study on Thursday, Gen Z (my nieces and nephews) was well-represented and highly engaged.
—Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
That decidedly unscientific idea has been encouraged by a very scientific man—Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
Sedano’s Supermarkets Sedano’s, the winner of the Miami Herald’s recent unscientific poll seeking readers’ favorite South Florida supermarket, has several Thanksgiving deals this season.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
Adjective
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Contrary to Arya’s point, the current volatility may be seen as risk repricing under uncertainty, rather than as an illogical or paradoxical conclusion.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Saving constitutes such a huge, key chunk of life that spending can feel illogical and wrong.—
Steve Booren,
Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Straight men, in particular, are only talked about, kept in the background, or appearing as authority figures trying to uphold absurd laws and traditions.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Pepsi’s chart is absurd and someone’s going to look stupid when the momentum fades.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Away from the irrational exuberance, there are still sensible investments to be made.—
Mikael Johnsson,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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The move would be both economically irrational and morally obtuse.—
Ruth Jean-Marie,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Wuthering Heights simultaneously puts too much malevolence on Nelly’s shoulders while also making her final decisions sort of nonsensical, even ambiguous.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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This directive as a whole is nonsensical.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Given some of Trump’s most problematic remarks about Ukraine, this hope may not have been completely fatuous.—
Daniel Fried,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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The fatuous Fed/1930s narrative raises a basic question: why are successful investors paid so well?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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Having campus police partner with ICE to assist in militarized immigration operations and sweeps of campus is preposterous.—
Thomas Kennedy,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2026
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The idea that terrorists would invade the country and kidnap people seems preposterous.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But maybe Johnson isn’t stupid.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Such as the one where the candidate remarked that some white rural Americans were stupid and racist.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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There are people who desire to drastically improve the health of our ecosystems who unknowingly struggle with unreasonable expectations.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
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Amid those pressures, many people turn to the comfort of a pet – but the expectations for what dogs can bring to our lives are becoming increasingly unreasonable.—
Margret Grebowicz,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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