UNSCIENTIFIC Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

unscientific

adjective

Definition of unscientific

as in illogical

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Recent Examples of unscientific 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 Veterinarians do as well, and the American Veterinary Medical Association has said California’s approach on Prop 12 is unscientific and has no demonstrable benefit to animals. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 27 May 2026 When The Providence Journal asked readers in an unscientific poll for their favorite burger spot, Chomp came out on top. — Gail Ciampa, The Providence Journal, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for unscientific

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Adjective

Their complaints have been mostly incoherent and illogical, with UEFA's statement in particular being laughably inaccurate.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2026
In spite of D'Arcy's best efforts, Rhaenyra is an impenetrable character with illogical choices and zero magnetism to the viewers (or seemingly, her councilors).

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026

Definition of illogical

Adjective

In each social-commentary-teetering-on-horror episode, Nanno is a pupil at a different school, picture perfect and scanning the room for whatever secrets — an abusive teacher, an absurd hierarchical system, petty jealousy — demand to be revealed.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Cattelan spoke to the Financial Times about the strange afterlife of the work, which has become both a symbol of the art market’s excesses and a reminder of his talent for turning absurd ideas into global spectacles.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of absurd

Adjective

Their ideas about it were often steeped in stereotypes suggesting that Buddhists were irrational and childish in their thinking.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 July 2026
Scammers often use isolation tactics in phone calls to panic the listener and rush them into making irrational choices that often have financial costs.

— Ella Moore July 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

Definition of irrational

Adjective

Such technology can create pictures that look appealing but that actually involve nonsensical flourishes that, for example, are impossible to construct into operable sets or develop into wearable costumes.

— Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Sophia’s actual actions are just sort of random and nonsensical.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 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

There are plenty of videos from Yellowstone National Park involving tourists doing breathtakingly stupid things around wild animals.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026
Even when Romanzy goes off on how stupid and ugly Caleb is — and gossips that his parents abandoned him because something must be wrong with him — Mary goes along with it.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026

Definition of stupid

Adjective

In a poll on the post, 95% voted that this parent is NOT being unreasonable.

— Melissa Willets, Parents, 12 July 2026
Those arguments largely resonated with judge Stephen Lau, who said that six or seven days’ notice to move all of Williams’ belongings was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of unreasonable

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