Unscientific Meaning

/əˌnsaɪəˈntɪfɪk/
B2

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adjNot scientific

Linguistic prescriptivism is unscientific, and is criticized as such by those who are actual linguists.
To claim sex is binary requires ignoring intersex people, which is unscientific and purely ideological.
The researcher criticized the study for using an unscientific method.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The method of guessing the answer without any data was completely ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The report was criticized for using an ____ method to gather the data, which made the final results unreliable today.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientia Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Medieval Latin scientificusder. Middle French scientifiquebor. English scientific English unscientific From un- + scientific.

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The method of guessing the answer without any data was completely ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The report was criticized for using an ____ method to gather the data, which made the final results unreliable today.

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