unempirical

adjective

Definition of unempiricalnext
as in theoretic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unempirical
  1. theoretical
  2. nonempirical
  3. hypothetical
  4. speculative
Adjective
  • The theoretical matchups fans anticipated during the offseason are finally starting to play out on the court, adding a new wrinkle to the traditional rivalries of league play.
    Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Each year, the Robot – a naïve stock-picking paradigm, generates a theoretical portfolio of ten very unpopular stocks.
    John Dorfman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of theoretical
Adjective
  • The enforcement of such nonempirical standards as taste and judgment implies a kind of cultural and aesthetic hierarchy that Silicon Valley’s ruling class embraces ruthlessly but will never admit to countenancing.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Each story represents a fresh challenge of how to say things in a nonempirical way.
    Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 24 June 2018
Definition of nonempirical
Adjective
  • In a hypothetical exercise, writers at The Athletic covering teams that could be interested in Hill came up with four potential trade offers, and national NFL writer Mike Jones provided an answer from the Dolphins.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • These harms are inextricable from the idea of superintelligence, because experts do not currently know how to align these hypothetical systems with human values.
    Tharin Pillay, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of hypothetical
Adjective
  • The idea of self-reflective agents ventures into speculative territory.
    Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Many speculative pockets of the stock market surged Thursday, the first session of the new year, right after the S&P 500 closed out the best two-year run since 1998.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of speculative
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