untheoretical
adjective
un·the·o·ret·i·cal
ˌən-ˌthē-ə-ˈre-ti-kəl 
-ˌthir-ˈe-
: not theoretical
… his willingness to listen to those who may have an untheoretical "feel" for the market …—
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When the discipline first began to coalesce, in the early nineteen-sixties, the memory of Nazi atrocities rendered the eugenics threat distinctly untheoretical.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
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“Untheoretical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untheoretical. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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