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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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Amid all their attacks and counter-attacks, what motivates each aggrieved party comes to light, painting a rich, empathetic portrait of lives lived under immense pressure — and the illogical outlets that sometimes become our only means of relief.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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Adapted by Nesbo from his fifth Harry Hole mystery (The Snowman was the seventh), Detective Hole is padded by several episodes, and the finale arrives at a conclusion that is somewhere between illogical and wholly ludicrous.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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As usual, human progress gets the sublimely absurd Herzogian treatment, with modern and primordial sights and sounds becoming whole.—
Eric Kohn,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
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But the idea of using one for multiple hours every day, or of trying to socialize in real life while the people around me try to meet my digital avatar’s dead eyes, is absurd.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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Letting Jinx stay is yet another act of irrational love from Margo.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2026
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That resistance is not irrational.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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But the aspects of Outcome that resonate have nearly nothing to do with the nonsensical specter of cancel culture.—
Josh Spiegel,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2026
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This idea that software and software-as-a-service can be disregarded in the age of AI is quite nonsensical.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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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
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Gee, what could go wrong with a preposterous system like that?—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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His preposterous bluster about Greenland, Cuba, and NATO has undermined the postwar alliance.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Doxxing is just a form of stupid bullying, not free speech.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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Healey must think ratepayers – who are burdened with some of the highest energy costs in the country – are pretty stupid and simple minded.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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Indeed, because deportation is not considered a criminal matter, the constitutional provisions protecting those accused and convicted of crimes do not apply, including prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures, providing a lawyer and requiring a jury trial.—
Erwin Chemerinsky,
Twin Cities,
8 Apr. 2026
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That has prompted constitutional concerns around the Fourth Amendment, which prevents unreasonable search and seizure.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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