unacademic
adjective
un·ac·a·dem·ic
ˌən-ˌa-kə-ˈde-mik 
: not academic: such as
a
: not relating to schools and formal education
unacademic pursuits
b
: not having or showing an interest in or an aptitude for academic studies
… secondary art schools for bright but unacademic youths …—
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Lymie is slight of build, shy and bookish, while Spud is athletic, outgoing and unacademic.
—New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021
All of those Andys exist — sometimes simultaneously over a single paragraph — in Blake Gopnik’s Warhol, a frank, gossipy, but not unacademic chronicle of one of the 20th century’s most foundational and confounding figures.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 5 May 2020
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New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021
All of those Andys exist — sometimes simultaneously over a single paragraph — in Blake Gopnik’s Warhol, a frank, gossipy, but not unacademic chronicle of one of the 20th century’s most foundational and confounding figures.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 5 May 2020
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“Unacademic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unacademic. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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