UNSCIENTIFIC Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

unscientific

adjective

Definition of unscientific

as in illogical

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Recent Examples of unscientific The latter concluded the practice is unscientific and ineffective, carrying risks of psychological harm, including suicidal ideation and depression. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for unscientific

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Adjective

But that’s illogical, given the enormous ratings for the Seahawks–Patriots game, which was shown on the NBC broadcast network and the Peacock streaming service.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Trump's resumption of his illogical on-again, off-again trade war with our ally to the north has caused considerable economic concern in Canada, but has also activated a rush of resilience that Republicans in America can only dream of.

— Chris Brennan, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of illogical

Adjective

Ambitious mukbang-ers eager to prove their gastronomic stamina descended on Red Lobster locations across the country to consume absurd quantities of shrimp.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
When things get too absurd or heavy, a one liner pops in and Olesen knows how to do the set up, and then, the mic drop.

— Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of absurd

Adjective

The industrial revolutions of the past produced enormous value alongside bankruptcies, dislocations, and periods of irrational exuberance.

— Brian Solis, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
If anyone can reconstruct Apéry’s reasoning, the odd values of zeta may finally be proven irrational.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of irrational

Adjective

Her statements and actions around the killing were nonsensical, defense attorney Robert Kerr said.

— Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
In this context, their baseless First Amendment argument as a basis of this lawsuit is nonsensical hogwash!

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 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

Then there’s the Tesseract, which takes the scooter formula and crams it with an almost unreasonable amount of technology.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
But several individually reasonable events, viewed together and over time, can tell an unreasonable story.

— Shahen Minasyan, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of unreasonable

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