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Recent Examples of unscientific
Tomlin and the Steelers are locked in a cycle of relative mediocrity that, unscientific surveys would show, has worn down their fan base.
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Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
These statistics do not include use by minors, which my own unscientific observations suggest has increased approximately one million percent since recreational marijuana became legal in my town in 2023.
—Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
But critics say the memo builds on kernels of truth before veering into unscientific fringe theories.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
And yet according to a Talker Research survey, many people still believe totally unscientific myths about pregnancy that have no basis in reality.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscientific
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However, the market is made up of both sensible and irrational participants, and all of that action, both the logical and illogical, is going to be reflected in the stock chart.—
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Yet the Administration not only acts as if residency is a magic condition but offers a completely illogical and contradictory definition of what residency is.—
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After the first Roundtable, Survivor stalwart Rob Cesternino — perhaps clued in by Candiace’s absurd conga line ploy to get people out of the kitchen — sniffed out that a murder in plain sight could be happening.—
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Contrary to what many may think, the researchers found no correlation between a person’s level of education and their capacity to believe in absurd conspiracies.—
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Cramer warned that these moments can feel chaotic — even irrational — but are often driven by valuation extremes finally snapping back toward equilibrium.—
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Often, these unjustifiable fears arise simply because people draw irrational conclusions from rational concerns.—
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The speed at which Gen Alpha has been churning out new, often nonsensical, slang has been fast and furious throughout 2025.—
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According to Sameer Vohra, pediatrician and director of the Illinois Department of Health, HHS’ logic is nonsensical.—
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Given some of Trump’s most problematic remarks about Ukraine, this hope may not have been completely fatuous.—
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The fatuous Fed/1930s narrative raises a basic question: why are successful investors paid so well?—
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So, who came up with the preposterous idea that Grand and Victoria is blighted?—
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What the Chiefs have been doing has been largely preposterous and unsustainable in the modern NFL, which is entirely designed to prevent dynasties and cultivate parity.—
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In tribute to Michael Keane’s hair-pulling on Wednesday, Cerys Jones picked through the stupidest dismissals in Premier League history.—
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To do a lot less foolish, thoughtless, stupid, idiotic things.—
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Importantly, the president already has full legal authority to impose tariffs when other nations’ behavior places an unreasonable burden on our economy, including through environmental negligence.—
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The logic was that Spirit had projected the league would grow at a rate that the league itself found unreasonable, and so would not be able to field a team while also paying Rodman.—
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“Unscientific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscientific. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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