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unscientific

[uhn-sahy-uhn-tif-ik] / ˌʌn saɪ ənˈtɪf ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
unsystematic
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“We should not spend over $150 million of public funds to reduce baseless, unscientific, unrealistic concerns about service tunnel noise from a very deep tunnel,” said Thomas Smith, a longtime Angeleno.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Deviating from that approach would have meant improvising a different formula on the fly, the BLS said, a move that could have appeared unscientific to the public.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

The proposal was rejected out of hand by Japan, which called it unscientific and "excessive," backed by multiple countries including African nations who warned it would place undue administrative burdens on their authorities.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

Kim attributed Thursday's accident, which took place at a shipyard in the eastern port city of Chongjin, to "absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism".

From BBC • May 21, 2025

Other researchers distanced themselves, criticizing him for being unscientific, but much of white America embraced his ideas and saw him as a spiritual adviser and a genius.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot