nonscientific
adjective
non·sci·en·tif·ic
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Definition of nonscientific
: not of, relating to, or based on science : not scientific
nonscientific studies nonscientific views … it is beyond all doubt that the influence of the scientific mind extends to the solving of problems of a nonscientific nature.— Robert Penn Warren
Examples of nonscientific in a Sentence
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Van Duyne had a range of nonscientific interests, including Shakespeare, ethnic restaurants, foreign films, classical music and theater. — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, "Richard Van Duyne, Northwestern chemistry professor who studied information transfer via minuscule structures, dies," 5 Sep. 2019 The post-Atkins decade saw the rise of good fats, a nonscientific subclass of fats that includes the unsaturated fats in avocado, fish, and coconut oil. — Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, "How low-fat dairy came to rule the US — and why that’s changing.," 20 Dec. 2018 These are the results of a nonscientific user poll. — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, "The allergy poll results are in — here’s how Washingtonians beat the pollen," 3 May 2018 Notions that millennials prefer urban living aren't necessarily true in Kansas City, where real estate marketers at Highline Partners found favor for homes and yards in a nonscientific poll earlier this year. — Allison Kite, kansascity, "Millennials want to buy homes. Missouri lawmakers have a proposal to help them | The Kansas City Star," 27 Mar. 2018 Our highly nonscientific survey found that early-’80s babies often feel culturally removed from 20-somethings and ambivalent about being categorized as millennials. — Zach Schonfeld, Newsweek, "The Oldest Millennials Were Born in 1981. Are They Even Really Millennials?," 20 Mar. 2018 If 50-year-old leading men routinely win the hearts of 30-year-old actresses in Hollywood films (as demonstrated by a totally nonscientific survey of movies watched on a recent cross-country flight), what happens to 50-year-old women? — Philip Galanes, New York Times, "When Hollywood Ageism Hits Close to Home," 25 Jan. 2018 In fact, in nearly two dozen random interviews with constituents — an admittedly nonscientific survey — not one person objected to Pelosi and fellow Democrats cutting deals with the president. — Mark Z. Barabak, latimes.com, "Strange but true: Praise in lefty San Francisco for Pelosi and Trump — gasp — working together," 14 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nonscientific.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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nonscientific
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of nonscientific
: not based on scientific methods or principles
: not trained in science
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