unscientific

adjective

Definition of unscientificnext
as in illogical

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Recent Examples of unscientific Vote here The Baltimore Sun reader poll is an unscientific survey in which website users volunteer their opinions on the subject of the poll. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2026 In an unscientific online Instagram survey of 17 East San Jose high school students, quoted in this story, most criticized the damage microtrend culture has spurred. — Quinn Rickett, Mercury News, 24 June 2026 Skeptics of generational analysis — the sociologist Philip Cohen has called much of the genre unscientific — would say micro-generations are astrology for LinkedIn. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026 Veterinarians do as well, and the American Veterinary Medical Association has said California’s approach on Prop 12 is unscientific and has no demonstrable benefit to animals. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for unscientific
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
  1. illogical
  2. absurd
  3. irrational
  4. nonsensical
  5. fatuous
  6. preposterous
  7. stupid
  8. unreasonable
Adjective
  • In spite of D'Arcy's best efforts, Rhaenyra is an impenetrable character with illogical choices and zero magnetism to the viewers (or seemingly, her councilors).
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026
  • On the outside, firing the coach of a first-place team seemed illogical.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 19 June 2026
Definition of illogical
Adjective
  • The 41-year-old is still an elite NBA player, which is still an absurd reality to consider.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • The thesis rests on a claim that would have sounded absurd a year ago.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of absurd
Adjective
  • The reflex, from a distance, is to call this irrational.
    — Tyler Evans, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • If people believe regulatory caution invalidates every legal claim, courts may look irrational.
    — Alex Smolak, STAT, 27 June 2026
Definition of irrational
Adjective
  • Sophia’s actual actions are just sort of random and nonsensical.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Measuring Sanskrit-era medicine by modern Western standards is obviously hard, if not nonsensical.
    — Horatio Clare, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026
Definition of nonsensical
Adjective
  • The ongoing war between woke and anti-woke factions is a fatuous melodrama best left to the satirists.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • This fatuous facial gesture is immediately relatable but also, as Locke discusses below, one that can be read in a number of different ways.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of fatuous
Adjective
  • Barely a page passes where our protagonists aren’t threatened with rape, death or enslavement or rescued by a preposterous set of coincidences.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
  • Her choices are so preposterous that much of the dread which should run throughout the movie becomes comedic.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 June 2026
Definition of preposterous
Adjective
  • And no, that was NOT OutKick or FOX who wrote that stupid headline.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • The thing about House of the Dragon is that everything really is quite stupid.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of stupid
Adjective
  • If these requirements are not met, the search is unreasonable and therefore unlawful, and evidence obtained in that search cannot be used in court, barring a good-faith exception.
    — Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • Justices ruled that sweeping use of cellphone data requires a warrant, a decision applying the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, to new technology.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 30 June 2026
Definition of unreasonable

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