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Recent Examples of unscientific
The audit found major problems in the DNA section of the Police Department’s Forensic Science Division, including contamination and use of unscientific methods.
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Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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, 30 June 2025
This can feel unscientific, especially in analytical cultures.
—Wayne Yu, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
If my random and unscientific survey of some French opinion at all represents the nation’s as a whole, then the debut of Donald Trump’s America has left some French triste — a bit sad, even brokenhearted, and also wary and vigilant.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
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Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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, 30 June 2025
This can feel unscientific, especially in analytical cultures.
—Wayne Yu, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
If my random and unscientific survey of some French opinion at all represents the nation’s as a whole, then the debut of Donald Trump’s America has left some French triste — a bit sad, even brokenhearted, and also wary and vigilant.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
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The android, played by Alexander Skarsgård, is often fed up with humans and their illogical, self-defeating choices.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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As presented in the Gang's illogical scapegoating, fearmongering, and overall manipulative self-exoneration, the debate turned into a farce.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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The French super powerhouse has taken teams part since winning the UEFA Champions League crown on May 24, outscoring its foes by an absurd 21-1 margin.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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From the vantage point of 2025, this appears as absurd as suggesting that women’s soccer matches should be 70 minutes instead of 90, the same as in the men’s game.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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In the case of mania, a mental health symptom where patients experience irrational self-belief and happiness, models responded correctly 80% of the time.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
13 July 2025
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This tracks with an observation made by the journalist David Epstein, who writes in Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World that athletes from tiny towns have irrational levels of success.—
Henry Abbott,
The Atlantic,
12 July 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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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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Advertisement Read more: The New Superman Hinges on a Radical Reinvention of the Man of Steel’s Parents Our next big-screen Superman barely survived the preposterous self-seriousness of the stories Zack Snyder built around him in Man of Steel (2013) and Batman vs. Superman (2016).—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
11 July 2025
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The highlight is a flotilla of teens on boats tied together like a seafood smorgasbord, but the preposterous sight of a great white eating a hovering rescue helicopter has a certain je ne sais quoi.—
Chris Nashawaty,
EW.com,
20 June 2025
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Instead, the series seems determined to prove that age is just a number by forcing its leads, now including Choudhury and Parker, to act as if 50 is the new (and very stupid) 30.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
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Jurassic Park, based on the Michael Crichton best-seller, is an evolutionary joke: Man, the master of the universe, has become mere flesh, consumed by animals allegedly too stupid to survive.—
David Denby,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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In making arrests, the federal government allegedly went against both immigration laws and the Fourth Amendment, which protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, the plaintiffs argue.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Medical device safety alert: issued in situations where a medical device may present an unreasonable risk of substantial harm.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
3 July 2025
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Love Songs holds the hallmarks of an era of heterodox rap-hook writers, deep YouTube exploration, and DIY mash-ups and blends, but the loonier flips restore the ’89 feeling of wondering whether an exciting piece of collagework will one day be sued out of existence.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 Dec. 2024
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One of our region's most famous comics, Michael Hawthorne, built a career from illustrating the loony loudmouth.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
18 Oct. 2024
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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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