unscientific

CEFRB2

/əˌnsaɪəˈntɪfɪk/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not based on scientific methods or evidence.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Not scientific

Examples

  • 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.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
2

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In context

  • The researcher criticized the study for using an unscientific method.

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Origin

adjective

From un- + scientific.