UNSCIENTIFIC Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

unscientific

adjective

Definition of unscientific

as in illogical

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Recent Examples of unscientific Vote here The Baltimore Sun reader poll is an unscientific survey in which website users volunteer their opinions on the subject of the poll. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2026 Skeptics of generational analysis — the sociologist Philip Cohen has called much of the genre unscientific — would say micro-generations are astrology for LinkedIn. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026 In an unscientific online Instagram survey of 17 East San Jose high school students, quoted in this story, most criticized the damage microtrend culture has spurred. — Quinn Rickett, Mercury News, 24 June 2026 Accountant was indeed the most popular reply in our unscientific survey. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unscientific

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Adjective

Lambasting Lambert for the performance is illogical, but so is placing so much importance on one player.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
But Musgrove said Clancy lost a lot of weight during that time, struggled with her memory and became paranoid about illogical things.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of illogical

Adjective

The roster might as well be an All-Star team, and this pitching staff is absurd.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The very idea of a trade war with Canada — our neighbor, our ally, our closest friend, a nation that’s peaceful and whose people have a reputation for kindness — is absurd.

— Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of absurd

Adjective

But the question remained unsolved for polygons with irrational angles.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
As a result, the argument goes, today's spending is irrational because the hardware would need to be replaced too frequently to generate an attractive return on investment, known as ROI.

— , CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of irrational

Adjective

The president’s orders and edicts have no basis in reality, are nonsensical and are making our nation significantly less safe.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
Any fan of the franchise will tell you that the full lore of the world crafted by Tetsuya Nomura is virtually nonsensical to explain to a layman.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of nonsensical

Adjective

The ongoing war between woke and anti-woke factions is a fatuous melodrama best left to the satirists.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
This fatuous facial gesture is immediately relatable but also, as Locke discusses below, one that can be read in a number of different ways.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024

Definition of fatuous

Adjective

The expectations for her arrival to the league in 2024 were preposterous; no athlete could have achieved what was mandated of Clark.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026
Betting on the literal words coming out of someone's mouth has led to preposterous outcomes.

— Bobby Allyn, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of preposterous

Adjective

Far too much coverage of declining trust in science — particularly the anti-vaccine movement — is predicated on the assumption that its adherents are either stupid or crazy.

— Rick Berke, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026
The Dodge Durango Hellcat is the most accessible way to go stupid-fast in a three-row family car thanks to the Escalade V‘s high price tag.

— Byron Hurd, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026

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