as in illogical
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Recent Examples of unscientific
Double-zero at midnight is my personal roulette ritual, if anybody’s daft enough to follow my thoroughly unscientific methodology.
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David Weiss, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
My own unscientific surveys among Oscar voters indicate a race all over the map, with the younger contingent more Anora-friendly, the older voters more inclined toward Conclave.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2025
Trump appears to have gotten his statistic from an unscientific poll on the Telegram messaging service by one of Zelenskyy’s political rivals.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2025
This is an egregiously unscientific effort that can threaten the lives and basic rights of millions.
—Ginger Cassady, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
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David Weiss, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
My own unscientific surveys among Oscar voters indicate a race all over the map, with the younger contingent more Anora-friendly, the older voters more inclined toward Conclave.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2025
Trump appears to have gotten his statistic from an unscientific poll on the Telegram messaging service by one of Zelenskyy’s political rivals.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2025
This is an egregiously unscientific effort that can threaten the lives and basic rights of millions.
—Ginger Cassady, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
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Pike’s stairs, however, are an M.C. Esher–esque illogical maze, full of steep drop-offs and impossible turns.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2025
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Instead—and this has been reported throughout the process of people trying to preorder a Nintendo Switch 2—individuals go through a confusing and seemingly illogical experience.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The biggest change, however, has been in fly ball frequency - his fly ball rate is now an absurd 50.0%, higher than any 2024 MLB regular.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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What else can be said about Judge’s absurd start to this season?—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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After a 14-year break, the Final Destination franchise returns with another installment sure to inspire a host of new irrational fears.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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Free agency is in the distant past, the NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror and, barring any major swerves, many fans are piecing team depth charts together with irrational confidence while anxiously waiting for Wednesday’s schedule release.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
12 May 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
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Schools must accept that mission statements without curriculum alignment are fatuous; the way schools define themselves is through the experience that flows from their curriculum.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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The Leafs took four penalties in that period alone — a preposterous amount in a game carrying these kinds of stakes.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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The women in Trollope’s work seem to understand how curtailed their lives are, and their behavior—as the pet of their husband or of their father—is calibrated in response to the preposterous conditions of being a woman in the nineteenth century.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2025
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Not just on the training pitch but in the dorm rooms, talking about the future and giggling at stupid jokes.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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President Donald Trump said only stupid people would refuse a $400 million gift.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
17 May 2025
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In a unanimous opinion, the justices said courts can look beyond the exact moment a police officer is using deadly force to determine if the force was unreasonable.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Given the high degree of regulation and data privacy concerns within our industry, this isn’t an unreasonable question, to say nothing of the cost of bespoke software solutions.—
Tom Hughes,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The outfits are wildly incoherent, and the choreography is boring.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
12 May 2025
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As recently as January, the Liberals trailed the Conservatives by almost twenty points in the polls, owing to a wave of severe, if sometimes incoherent, dissatisfaction with Trudeau.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
1 May 2025
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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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