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unacademic

adjective

Definition of unacademicnext
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as in nonacademic

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Recent Examples of unacademic Lymie is slight of build, shy and bookish, while Spud is athletic, outgoing and unacademic. — New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021 All of those Andys exist — sometimes simultaneously over a single paragraph — in Blake Gopnik’s Warhol, a frank, gossipy, but not unacademic chronicle of one of the 20th century’s most foundational and confounding figures. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 5 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unacademic
  1. nonacademic
  2. unintellectual
  3. noneducational
  4. nonintellectual
  5. extracurricular
  6. ignorant
  7. uninformed
  8. uneducated
Adjective
  • These sessions can focus on nonacademic life skills, like public speaking and entrepreneurship, as well as art and physical education.
    — Gerald K. LeTendre, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
  • Earlier this month, the Center released its annual sector analysis finding that, for the first time in its surveys, new microschool founders valued nonacademic learning over academic gains.
    — Kerry McDonald, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of nonacademic
Adjective
  • In the novel, Julia is a highly sexualized, unintellectual figure who simply hates the control of the state, but the Sichuan University students turned her into a secret Party agent.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
Definition of unintellectual
Adjective
  • Though digital learning tools are still widely used, bans on noneducational tech in school are now commonplace.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But the premise is more or less an excuse to make monologue jokes, which Bargatze did about everything from Severance’s confusing story line to the decidedly noneducational programming offered on the Learning Channel.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of noneducational
Adjective
  • Such thumbnail indictments of the nonintellectual masses seemed to stem from Hofstadter’s own mounting sense of political and cultural homelessness in the postwar world.
    — Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 16 Apr. 2020
  • George, meanwhile, grew up in a cheerfully nonintellectual and inclusive household that celebrated Christmas and just about anything involving their son, even Lizzie.
    — Ellen Emry Heltzel, The Seattle Times, 3 Sep. 2017
Definition of nonintellectual
Adjective
  • Bow School District soon issued no-trespass orders that banned Fellers and Anthony Foote from entering district property or attending sporting or other extracurricular events.
    — BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • These follow-up costs can include extracurricular activities, meal programs, fundraisers and other school fees.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of extracurricular
Adjective
  • The old worst dressed lists could be cruel, sexist, culturally ignorant, and spectacularly misguided.
    — Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Mamdani’s ignorant opinion illustrates Kissinger’s concern, relying on emotional display rather than the facts.
    — Daniel Kolkey, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of ignorant
Adjective
  • Call them wrong, or confused, or uninformed, but these are the voters who decide elections.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The uninformed believe this is the solution to healthcare insurance for all.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Definition of uninformed
Adjective
  • As a peripheral community grows around them, this lawless terrain is suddenly subject to boundaries and contracts and taxes; both uneducated and illiterate, Isak and Inger are ill prepared for such societal evolution.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The gang members preyed on girls and women who were poor and uneducated with few job prospects and forced them into prostitution, authorities said at the time.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of uneducated

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