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By his will he directed that the whole of his effects should be devoted to the establishment of an educational institution in Glasgow, to be denominated Anderson's University, for the use of the unacademical classes.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

I tailed behind and sketched as per margin, as we went through the sand—shockingly unacademical wasn't it, to draw walking?

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)

The unacademical "ish" with which Mr. Smith had qualified the adjective was quite unnecessary.

From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)