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Recent Examples of unscientific
Using that unscientific tool to gauge his Texas Rangers, the club after the first month of the season remains unchanged despites many changes: Average, and a stunning disappointment.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2025
Democrats slammed the proposal as both harmful and unscientific.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 29 July 2025
This unscientific decision will sow unnecessary fear and is likely to disrupt flu vaccine manufacturing timelines.
—Dr. Robert Edelman, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
As for the unscientific survey in the USA TODAY Network Tennessee ... drumroll please ... find the results:
As of Wednesday, about 1,100 people responded.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2025
Democrats slammed the proposal as both harmful and unscientific.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 29 July 2025
This unscientific decision will sow unnecessary fear and is likely to disrupt flu vaccine manufacturing timelines.
—Dr. Robert Edelman, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
As for the unscientific survey in the USA TODAY Network Tennessee ... drumroll please ... find the results:
As of Wednesday, about 1,100 people responded.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
Adjective
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Consider Turkey, where the president’s unconventional, illogical view that lower interest rates would tame inflation has led to a yearslong price spiral and the collapse of the country’s currency.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Sure, it's been criticized for what some call over-the-top clichés and illogical plot twists, but for some, at least, that's part of the fun.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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These charges are absurd and unjust.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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The content is absurd, borderline uncomfortable and consistently viral.—
Leeron Walter,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Maura’s performance makes Maria Angeles so magnetic and eccentric — earthily practical on some matters, dizzily irrational on others, and sympathetically true to herself on all fronts — that all the film’s other players want for detail and texture by comparison.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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The roll call of people across the decades who have had access to nuclear weapons includes many who are considerably less rational than the irrational rest of us.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Enjoy Motor City as pastiche, however, and the nonsensical bits can just about be read as part of the film’s retro charm.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
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And that calculus has become a nonsensical proxy for academic rigor – a college Squid Game, and one that became even more important post-Covid with the rise of test-optional admissions.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The fatuous Fed/1930s narrative raises a basic question: why are successful investors paid so well?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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So although these actions may seem fatuous on the surface, the next four years will be about looking for the undercurrents.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The idea that the government will prevent shootings in the future is preposterous.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
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While Mare blossoms quickly under his guidance, the rest lag doltishly behind, using journalism as a pretext to confront an ex, or getting duped by some teens into writing a credulous account of a preposterous youth trend.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The recent rash of CEOs Gone Wild is arguably even stupider than commonplace fraud, and a troubling sign that there continues to be a slippery slope of accountability for C-Suite leadership.—
Ian Chaffee,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The accounts team logs in right on time, and the stupid dance of platitudes that precedes every meeting at every company around the world begins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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We're protected from unreasonable searches and seizures.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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This is a crude and unreasonable attempt to make the discussion into an all-or-nothing affair.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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