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Recent Examples of unscientific
In an unscientific poll on the Purple Row website, 45 percent expressed a preference for Dooley, 21 points better than anyone else.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
The team’s offerings in 2024 ranked among the top 10 in Major League Baseball, according to a USA Today fan survey and, as unscientific as perceptions and vibes might be, a hit like the Campfire Milkshake does wonders for a team’s concession cuisine street cred.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
Yet the origin of horoscopes is not entirely unscientific.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2026
But that’s kind of an unscientific way of getting some sense.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Feb. 2026
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
The team’s offerings in 2024 ranked among the top 10 in Major League Baseball, according to a USA Today fan survey and, as unscientific as perceptions and vibes might be, a hit like the Campfire Milkshake does wonders for a team’s concession cuisine street cred.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
Yet the origin of horoscopes is not entirely unscientific.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2026
But that’s kind of an unscientific way of getting some sense.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
Adjective
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He’s made his way into the backrooms and finds that the place keeps going, offering up illogical doorways and holes in the floor.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Many professional teams pretzel themselves into illogical positions when putting and keeping players on their rosters.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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There is always the possibility that something absurd might occur — the equivalent of Neymar’s 2017 move to Paris Saint-Germain, for instance — but that’s extremely unlikely.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Ironically, the fears of two Republicans advancing were driven by Democratic data vendor Paul Mitchell, who built a prediction machine using absurd inputs like betting odds and polls that cannot account for things like rape allegations.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Carpenter says the disturbing encounters left her fearful for her safety and that of relatives living with her, as police label the suspect’s fixation irrational and increasingly dangerous.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Great startups often look irrational at first.—
Anna Demeo,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Popularized by a beer commercial during the 1986 World Cup, it’s used to rally on teams with its repetitive (albeit nonsensical) syllables as well as its upbeat ending.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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But the actors are reduced to joke machines trapped in a nonsensical nonplot, and while some of those gags yield laughs, a far greater number fall flat.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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Given some of Trump’s most problematic remarks about Ukraine, this hope may not have been completely fatuous.—
Daniel Fried,
Time,
24 Oct. 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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Add that to this team’s seemingly endless list of the preposterous.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
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Björck managed eight goals and 12 assists for a preposterous 20 points in those three consecutive best-of-five series sweeps.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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And that was so arrogant and stupid on my part.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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At some point, Brandon Aiyuk has to learn that stupid decisions come with consequences.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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However, investing in public institutions and infrastructure is a costly endeavor that can seem unreasonable when local officials are struggling to balance budgets without increasing tax burdens.—
Aneri Pattani,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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Nineteen recent clinical trials on kratom leaf document no evidence of severe addiction or significant or unreasonable adverse effects.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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