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Recent Examples of unscientific
Results came out Wednesday and while a super majority of respondents to this unscientific reader sentiment poll say yes, readers shared a variety of opinions.
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David Plazas, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The audit found major problems in the DNA section of the Police Department’s Forensic Science Division, including contamination and use of unscientific methods.
—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
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David Plazas, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The audit found major problems in the DNA section of the Police Department’s Forensic Science Division, including contamination and use of unscientific methods.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
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Some Gen Zers defended the stare as a response to illogical questions from customers, while others acknowledged it as a reflection of anxiety in social interactions.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
16 July 2025
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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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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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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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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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The question itself was preposterous before the recent streak.—
Greg Cote
July 20,
Miami Herald,
20 July 2025
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Worse, the mystery leads to a preposterous, unsatisfying and predictable resolution.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
17 July 2025
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And some stupid Republicans, and foolish Republicans, fall into the net.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 July 2025
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The film ends with Lady Susan setting herself up in a kind of throuple, although one member of the ménage is too stupid to be so informed.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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The same could be true of the recent cost estimates, but construction technology has advanced in the past half century, so that lower costs per mile are not unreasonable.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Barbara Attard, a police accountability expert, said meet and confer can last months, but beyond a year is unreasonable.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 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 29 Jul. 2025.
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