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Recent Examples of unscientific
In a suit filed in federal court in western Massachusetts on Monday, the groups charged that recent limits placed on vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the general public.
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Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Researchers criticize the government's anti-DEI directives as unscientific and hindering research on diverse populations.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Results came out Wednesday and while a super majority of respondents to this unscientific reader sentiment poll say yes, readers shared a variety of opinions.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The audit found major problems in the DNA section of the Police Department’s Forensic Science Division, including contamination and use of unscientific methods.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Researchers criticize the government's anti-DEI directives as unscientific and hindering research on diverse populations.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Results came out Wednesday and while a super majority of respondents to this unscientific reader sentiment poll say yes, readers shared a variety of opinions.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The audit found major problems in the DNA section of the Police Department’s Forensic Science Division, including contamination and use of unscientific methods.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
Adjective
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The system is confusing, ill-explained and illogical.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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The conference also welcomes back Maryland, which always felt more at home there, and rids itself of its illogical Bay Area/Dallas outposts.—
Jim Root,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Interestingly, the Vance memes were far more surreal and absurd than South Park’s caricature, which retained the simple, bloated design of the first few images.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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These movies are brilliantly written, but above all will do anything to get a laugh, no matter how silly, how absurd, how ridiculous — how stupid.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Nothing adds depth to an irascible curmudgeon quite like an irrational love of pets that do not love you back.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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Our worries are often dismissed as irrational—planes are much safer than cars, etc.—
Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
6 Aug. 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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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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The question itself was preposterous before the recent streak.—
Greg Cote
July 20,
Miami Herald,
20 July 2025
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Worse, the mystery leads to a preposterous, unsatisfying and predictable resolution.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
17 July 2025
Adjective
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No Broward program can possibly be as wasteful and downright stupid as the Office of Election Crimes and Security (OECS).—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Aug. 2025
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This sounds very stupid, but there’s an idea in my mind.—
David Mack,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The policy and specialist support environment is going to need to become more sophisticated, and more responsive to balancing needs and addressing conflict, unfairness and unreasonable requests / restrictions.—
Nancy Doyle,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Timothy Mousseau, a biologist at the University of South Carolina who studies organisms and ecosystems in radioactive regions, told the Times that the DOE's explanation that the wasps gathered legacy contamination for their homes is not unreasonable.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
4 Aug. 2025
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The Army secretary, acting on the guidance of a loony Trump acolyte, revoked the teaching appointment of — anyone will tell you — one of America’s most skilled nonpartisan cyberwarriors, herself a graduate of West Point.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Love Songs holds the hallmarks of an era of heterodox rap-hook writers, deep YouTube exploration, and DIY mash-ups and blends, but the loonier flips restore the ’89 feeling of wondering whether an exciting piece of collagework will one day be sued out of existence.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 Dec. 2024
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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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