as in illogical
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Recent Examples of unscientific
Methodology: As with every tournament, this is unscientific.
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Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
This debate, likely the only one these two candidates will have, was unscientific, through and through.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2024
The story of Wisconsin's state flag In a recent very unscientific survey of more than 200 Journal Sentinel readers, about 45% said Wisconsin's state flag should be changed.
—Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2024
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, 12 Aug. 2024
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Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
This debate, likely the only one these two candidates will have, was unscientific, through and through.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2024
The story of Wisconsin's state flag In a recent very unscientific survey of more than 200 Journal Sentinel readers, about 45% said Wisconsin's state flag should be changed.
—Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2024
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, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
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Some states are in line with certain federal practices, and then some states are doing a bunch of incoherent, illogical things.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
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While the lines have to go somewhere, these illogical divisions can confuse voters, Niven said.Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2024
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This absurd claim is an extension of their relentless obsession to remove checks and balances within our government.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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The three books so far are deeply romantic, gorgeously tragic, smart as hell, and written in this absurd baroque, irreverent language.Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Another possible argument is the arbitrators’ decision is irrational given the evidence and testimony or, similarly, the arbitrators relied on materials and insights that were inapplicable or vulnerable to bias.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Stereotypes like these harm Latinas by turning us into unhinged and irrational women in the popular imagination of white U.S. society.Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Schools must accept that mission statements without curriculum alignment are fatuous; the way schools define themselves is through the experience that flows from their curriculum.Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Neither Berlanti nor Gilroy believe in them beyond the fatuous setup of their competitiveness with each other.Armond White, National Review, 17 July 2024
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Plot Armor Carol’s trip to France is equally preposterous.Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Scarcity led to preposterous prices: tomatoes cost ninety-six dollars a pound.Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Give yourself permission to go see a truly stupid movie.Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US, theweek, 8 Nov. 2024
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Among the show’s many, many, many Twilight Zone spoofs, this one is the funniest and the best, with a conclusion that’s equal parts brilliant and stupid.Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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As Barca laboured and eventually failed to land some of its transfer targets such as Nico Williams, the proposal for Casado might not have seemed too unreasonable at the time.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The indictment alleged Hankison deprived Taylor of the right to be free from unreasonable seizures and deprived her neighbors of the right to be free from the deprivation of liberty without due process of law.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Some states are in line with certain federal practices, and then some states are doing a bunch of incoherent, illogical things.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
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There’s no shortage of accessible documentation showing the 78-year-old’s slide from strategically unpredictable to perilously incoherent.Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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