as in illogical
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Recent Examples of unscientific
My unscientific surveys reflect some of the shuffling where Academy voters are concerned.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
So with January being a prime month for breakups, according to some very unscientific internet lore, American Heart Association News checked in with serious academic experts about how to cope.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
His major campaign funder Elon Musk has also weighed in with grossly unscientific opinions dismissing the role of climate change.
—Peter H. Gleick, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Fultz’s answer matched the results of an unscientific survey of Michigan fans on social media, which skewed heavily in favor of Notre Dame.
—Austin Meek, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
So with January being a prime month for breakups, according to some very unscientific internet lore, American Heart Association News checked in with serious academic experts about how to cope.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
His major campaign funder Elon Musk has also weighed in with grossly unscientific opinions dismissing the role of climate change.
—Peter H. Gleick, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Fultz’s answer matched the results of an unscientific survey of Michigan fans on social media, which skewed heavily in favor of Notre Dame.
—Austin Meek, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
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This is not illogical, in the same way that any blackmail makes sense on paper.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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There’s also the usual fare: the knightly armor, bone gear, and massive, completely illogical fixtures of clothing that would be physically impossible to wear or move around with in the real world.—
Josh Broadwell,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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With his absurd hair and larger-than-life persona, Trump is a walking meme.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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And next year, and for years to come, through trauma and joy, this seemingly absurd ritual is going to be here.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of rationality, Apollonian, and the irrational passion, defined as Dionysian, have always been a sort of philosophical guide for Murano; his way of conceiving fashion.—
Alberto Calabrese,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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There’s a philosophical view, best associated with the scholar L. A. Paul, that the decision to have children is fundamentally irrational.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 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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Second, this rationale for regulation proved to be illogical and fatuous as conceded by U.S. Courts and the Federal Communications Commission in the decades since.—
Carine Harb,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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Will County prosecutor Christine Vukmir, in rebuttal, called the defense’s arguments preposterous.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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Decades before the memes and punchlines, the Broward native spawned a fictional franchise populated by preposterous oddballs, bottom-feeders and other shadowy denizens of the Sunshine State.—
Mark Gauert,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2025
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Thank you Hallie for thinking of me and putting my name in your stupid brother's ear.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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That would have been a stupid question just about anywhere else, but the exhibition was by Laura Owens, a painter with a penchant for trickery, and the venue was Matthew Marks Gallery in New York, whose press release for Owens’s latest outing offered little in the way of explanation.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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But the comparison of the former Pac-12 to the new Pac-12 isn’t unreasonable, either.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Reasons to hire Gen Z include their focus on balance and staying grounded—which have the benefit of reducing burnout or unreasonable expectations.—
Tracy Brower,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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That is as incoherent as embracing folks who beat up police officers.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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Europe still needs to define its response to avoid being squeezed between incoherent U.S. policies and China’s responsive maneuvers.—
Arancha González Laya,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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