nonscientific

adjective

non·​sci·​en·​tif·​ic ˌnän-ˌsī-ən-ˈti-fik 

: not of, relating to, or based on science : not scientific

nonscientific studies

nonscientific views

… it is beyond all doubt that the influence of the scientific mind extends to the solving of problems of a nonscientific nature.

—Robert Penn Warren

Examples of nonscientific in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In this way, we are told, scientists can speak science to nonscientific policy makers and to the public at large. — Maya Kornberg, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2021

But the Nets’ stars remain popular, at least by one nonscientific measure. — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023

Four nonscientific buildings on the west side of the observatory property — a house, a dorm, and two minor outbuildings — were destroyed. — Washington Post, 19 June 2022

Could there be technological but nonscientific aliens out there, capable of crossing the vast emptiness of space without understanding the physics of their amazing leaps? — Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonscientific

• calorific
• conspecific
• hieroglyphic
• honorific
• nonspecific
• scientific
• soporific
• subspecific
• transpacific
• unspecific
• horrific
• pacific