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.
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Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2025
With claims of possible death lurking behind every vaccination, the new work by Ladapo and Levi gives cover to the dangerously unscientific goals of RFK Jr.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
Colorado's law protecting young people from unscientific and cruel gay conversion therapy practices is humane, smart and appropriate.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The report’s future is no longer clear and some authors have expressed concern that it will be whittled down, unscientific or inadequate in expressing the risks of climate change.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 May 2025
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Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2025
With claims of possible death lurking behind every vaccination, the new work by Ladapo and Levi gives cover to the dangerously unscientific goals of RFK Jr.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
Colorado's law protecting young people from unscientific and cruel gay conversion therapy practices is humane, smart and appropriate.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The report’s future is no longer clear and some authors have expressed concern that it will be whittled down, unscientific or inadequate in expressing the risks of climate change.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
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That nobody has to this point is illogical, particularly in light of the fees being committed to transfers in the European market.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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Read more: How to Manage Your Climate Guilt Meanwhile, the same system has given rise to what can only be described as illogical trade—the global exchange of identical products, where countries import and export the same foods, often across vast distances.—
Nathalie Kelley,
Time,
17 June 2025
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There’s the undercurrent of politics stirring animus between the neighbors, with Canadians angered by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his absurd aside saying perhaps Canada should be the 51st U.S. state.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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The concept itself is absurd, given the modest park features.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
4 June 2025
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To many watching, Elon Musk’s decision to publicly insult President Trump seemed self-destructive, if not outright irrational.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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And then the irrational with the Tom Thibodeau move.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 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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As for Pitt, his Sonny Hayes is a perfectly serviceable archetype for this: a one-time wunderkind driver wrecked by injury whose adult life becomes a morass of preposterous risk with minimal upside.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
20 June 2025
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David Faris: While the president sat, visibly bored at the preposterous military parade unsubtly scheduled for his birthday, Americans participated in one of the largest mass protests in our history.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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The pair will make stupid decisions, and viewers will likely wonder: would a girl like Paula really do that for a mess like Sloane?—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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This one is one person on the street obviously taking the soul of a protester who was stupid enough to go after some police officers.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2025
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Solomon, 47, of Fairburn, was arraigned in federal court on June 17 on charges of using unreasonable force and obstructing justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia said in a news release.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2025
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California Department of Education officials in 2018 found that school staff used unreasonable and unnecessary force in restraining Max.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2025
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His political views — or what are known of them — are contradictory if not incoherent.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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Tom’s latest vehicle for death-defying stunts and — at this point — incoherent technobabble pits him against the AI from Dead Reckoning again.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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