as in illogical
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Recent Examples of unscientific
While our anonymous straw poll was informal and unscientific, the results suggest that CEOs are increasingly and broadly optimistic about the economy — in fact, much more bullish than just about any other group in the nation.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
Methodology: As with every tournament, this is unscientific.
—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
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
Methodology: As with every tournament, this is unscientific.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
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In response, Cher’s lawyer argued that Mary’s position was illogical considering the court’s prior ruling protecting Cher’s rights.Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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Inspect the dates: False news stories often include illogical timelines or altered event dates.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Sep. 2024
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After lightly chiding these gents for two movies, director Michael Winterbottom finally takes the knives out and begins to punish them, a decision that results in two late scenes that border on sociopathic and culminates in an unimaginably absurd ending that refuses to let Coogan off the hook.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
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To envision European unity without the United States—as the authors attempt to do—is therefore absurd. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS O’Brien and Stringer try to address, in a practical way, the hard security questions Europe would face if abandoned by Washington.Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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The skill of setting boundaries is necessary for individuals to protect themselves, insulate against irrational guilt while prioritizing their well-being.Tor Constantino, MBA, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Comments Horror thrives in abstract spaces — the unknown, the unreal, the inexplicable, the irrational.Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 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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In other words, the story is preposterous but the scenery is a feast for the eyes.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Until Costner abruptly left in the middle of the fifth and final season, forcing Sheridan to do something drastic and irreversible with the plot, Yellowstone went through multiple preposterous narrative contortions to keep all of its basic dynamics in place, year after year.Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 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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At Soar, students are able to move around and be supported as individuals, rather than being forced to comply with conventional classroom standards that can be developmentally unreasonable.Kerry McDonald, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Bill Nicholson Martinez Congress must retain constitutional authority Will Congress stand up to President-elect Donald Trump’s unreasonable request to make recess appointments?Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 20 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 28 Nov. 2024.
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