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Recent Examples of unscientific
The team’s offerings in 2024 ranked among the top 10 in Major League Baseball, according to a USA Today fan survey and, as unscientific as perceptions and vibes might be, a hit like the Campfire Milkshake does wonders for a team’s concession cuisine street cred.
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Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
Yet the origin of horoscopes is not entirely unscientific.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2026
Wine pros, retirees, new moms and everyone in between—an honest, unscientific conversation about drinking habits, guilt and whether the latest health headlines are actually changing anything.
—Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 27 Feb. 2026
But that’s kind of an unscientific way of getting some sense.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Feb. 2026
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Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
Yet the origin of horoscopes is not entirely unscientific.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2026
Wine pros, retirees, new moms and everyone in between—an honest, unscientific conversation about drinking habits, guilt and whether the latest health headlines are actually changing anything.
—Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 27 Feb. 2026
But that’s kind of an unscientific way of getting some sense.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
Adjective
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If that sounds illogical, trainer Chad Brown, who will start Emerging Market in a bid to win his first Derby, can explain.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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That statement was completely illogical yet also made perfect sense, and therefore proved a fitting appraisal of a truly logic-defying game in Paris on Tuesday.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Unfortunately, in life, there are few greater certainties than eventual statistical regression to the mean; the Broncos are primed for it, after winning an absurd amount of one-score games.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
15 May 2026
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The Daily Show making fun of two absurd AI start-ups designed by losers to cater to a loser clientele.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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His deep dive into the genre left him with some pet peeves, not least the irrational or simply implausible behavior of many horror-movie protagonists.—
Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Evans and his backers were rational actors inside an irrational system.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Over sunny instrumentation, Rhys flits back and forth between English and Welsh in what feels like a nonsensical miasma of free association.—
David Harris,
SPIN,
4 May 2026
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Grandma may be the queen of nonsensical sayings, but Dad is certainly the king of cheesy jokes.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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Given some of Trump’s most problematic remarks about Ukraine, this hope may not have been completely fatuous.—
Daniel Fried,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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How this was considered a legitimate way to spend an evening was becoming more and more preposterous to Maggie.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
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Although on paper the continent was divided into British, French, Spanish, and Russian territory, this was a preposterous cartographic fiction.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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Most big comedy shows at the fest had a strict no cellphones policy, Seinfeld was content with just reminding us that our friends are all sick of our stupid cellphone videos.—
Malina Saval,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Don’t eat stupid food, don’t do music in the background.—
Terry Terrones,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Another avenue for the administration is to invoke a section of the Trade Act of 1974 that allows tariffs against countries for unreasonable or discriminatory trade practices.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
7 May 2026
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And to be fair to Rivers, many people wondered aloud if Green was being unreasonable, incorrect, delusional or all of the above.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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