UNSCHOLARLY Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

unscholarly

adjective

Definition of unscholarly

as in nonacademic

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as in ignorant

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Recent Examples of unscholarly Rankings influence many disciplines and can mutate values as well as goals, leading academics to such unscholarly behaviors as plagiarizing others’ work, unintentionally manipulating data, or outright falsifying it. — Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026 In 2015, Anton recalls, Marini began sending long emails to his colleagues arguing that Trump, in his unscholarly way, might have the potential to force the constitutional order back into its proper limits. — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 Some might find my use of historical sources to be selective and unscholarly. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 8 July 2022

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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

Mamdani’s ignorant opinion illustrates Kissinger’s concern, relying on emotional display rather than the facts.

— Daniel Kolkey, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2026
Howard Bryant's comparison this week between Cunningham's comments and Colin Kaepernick's protests was both ignorant and desperate.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of ignorant

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

But Jewish religious nationalists, particularly uneducated young men, remain a threat, said John Munayer of the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue, an interreligious organization in Jerusalem.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
The report says there's been progress, but minorities, along with people who are poor and uneducated, still face higher death rates.

— Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 24 June 2026

Definition of uneducated

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

Coming from a village in a southern province, illiterate, and speaking only local dialect, women like her come to Beijing to live with their sons and daughters.

— Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
In the Pale of Settlement, it was often looked down on as a language of women, children and the illiterate.

— Ilan Stavans, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of illiterate

Adjective

Busby Berkeley Wrongly taken as a mere ornamentalist—even worse, sometimes mistaken for a fascist—Busby Berkeley was an erotic sociobiologist, an unlettered philosopher in visual music.

— Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
The characters include a temperamental goat, a sweet-natured monk, an unlettered orphan boy and an intelligent young girl whose destiny is to dethrone a king.

— Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021

Definition of unlettered

Adjective

But this time there would be no panel from the National Endowment of the Arts sifting through the applications, no oversight from cultural officials and benighted curators—the usual process.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
Repeal the benighted Jones Act, which raises energy and shipping costs.

— Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of benighted

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