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unscientific

[ uhn-sahy-uhn-tif-ik ]

adjective

  1. not scientific; not employed in science:

    an unscientific measuring device.

  2. not conforming to the principles or methods of science:

    an unscientific approach to a problem.

  3. not demonstrating scientific knowledge or scientific methods:

    an unscientific report.



unscientific

/ ˌʌnsaɪənˈtɪfɪk /

adjective

  1. not consistent with the methods or principles of science, esp lacking objectivity
  2. ignorant of science


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Derived Forms

  • ˌunscienˈtifically, adverb

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Other Words From

  • unsci·en·tifi·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of unscientific1

First recorded in 1765–75; un- 1 + scientific

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Example Sentences

Based on that three-month trend — an unscientific basis, let’s be clear — streaming is on pace to overtake traditional TV’s watch time in February 2023.

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Later editions of the psychiatric “bible” dropped Freudian concepts as unscientific — he had based his ideas on analyses of himself and his patients, not on lab studies.

In a quite unscientific survey of delegations entering the tunnel, during a portion of the parade of nations, we vote Australia—a country that has stood out for its Covid-control measures—as the most socially-undistanced crew.

From Time

This was a grown-up survey of grade-school lunchboxes, and its overwhelming-if-unscientific conclusion was that we are a nation of kids at heart who all know deeply and truly that Capri Sun does God’s work.

When they get their ballots, they'll know that Newsom's unscientific restrictions have cost us jobs.

These results, of course, are subjective and totally unscientific.

The survey clearly confirmed our earlier unscientific conclusions about how we were perceived.

By my (admittedly unscientific) count, Hollywood averaged 11 or 12 romantic comedies per year between 2001 and 2011.

Unfortunately, a lot of alternative medicine is indeed deeply unscientific, and deserves to be treated with skepticism.

In researching this piece, I conducted a very unscientific poll of my gay friends and some of their friends.

Since this is a law of vibration, it is unscientific to speak of giving an overtone, for all tones contain overtones.

They emanated from a credulous and superstitious people in an unscientific age and country.

Further, to compare the economic value of Sanatogen on the basis of calories is as unscientific as it is deliberately misleading.

In brief, Dowds scientific method is nothing more than unscientific humbug.

Mystery is delightful, but unscientific, since it depends upon ignorance.

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