unscientific

adjective

Definition of unscientificnext
as in illogical

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Recent Examples of unscientific The latter concluded the practice is unscientific and ineffective, carrying risks of psychological harm, including suicidal ideation and depression. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026 Vote here The Baltimore Sun reader poll is an unscientific survey in which website users volunteer their opinions on the subject of the poll. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2026 Skeptics of generational analysis — the sociologist Philip Cohen has called much of the genre unscientific — would say micro-generations are astrology for LinkedIn. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for unscientific
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
  1. illogical
  2. absurd
  3. irrational
  4. nonsensical
  5. fatuous
  6. preposterous
  7. stupid
  8. unreasonable
Adjective
  • But that’s illogical, given the enormous ratings for the Seahawks–Patriots game, which was shown on the NBC broadcast network and the Peacock streaming service.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Trump's resumption of his illogical on-again, off-again trade war with our ally to the north has caused considerable economic concern in Canada, but has also activated a rush of resilience that Republicans in America can only dream of.
    — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of illogical
Adjective
  • Alongside Kardashian, Watts, Nash-Betts and Paulson, the series stars Teyana Taylor, Matthew Noszka and Glenn Close, who all one-up each other with deliriously absurd lines of dialogue.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The title comes from a phrase that became part of his creative vocabulary and began appearing in sketches whenever an absurd situation called for a perfectly incredulous response.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of absurd
Adjective
  • The industrial revolutions of the past produced enormous value alongside bankruptcies, dislocations, and periods of irrational exuberance.
    — Brian Solis, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • If anyone can reconstruct Apéry’s reasoning, the odd values of zeta may finally be proven irrational.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of irrational
Adjective
  • Her statements and actions around the killing were nonsensical, defense attorney Robert Kerr said.
    — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In this context, their baseless First Amendment argument as a basis of this lawsuit is nonsensical hogwash!
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 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
  • But this is preposterous, this is insanity, this is the very essence of bedlam.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But some critics found the book as preposterous as the Betty Crocker cake mixes the Prices tote with them across the Atlantic.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of preposterous
Adjective
  • Trump’s super intelligence rebrand can ultimately be read in a couple ways, though arguably neither are particularly nuanced or incisive — just further indicative of the daily deluge of stupid.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Once upon a time, the idea that the world was growing stupider was mostly confined to the realm of dyspeptic reactionary polemic.
    — James Marriott, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of stupid
Adjective
  • Then there’s the Tesseract, which takes the scooter formula and crams it with an almost unreasonable amount of technology.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
  • But several individually reasonable events, viewed together and over time, can tell an unreasonable story.
    — Shahen Minasyan, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of unreasonable

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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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