[ adj ] not consistent with the methods or principles of science <adj.all> an unscientific lack of objectivity
The sales figure given for most books is really an unscientific guess, based on how many books were shipped to bookstores, minus a large percentage that assumes many copies won't actually sell and will be returned by stores.
If Marx and his followers had not arrogantly dismissed as 'unscientific' all speculation - other than their own asides - about the society of the future, we could have been spared some misery.
Doctors from most of the 50 states responded to an unscientific survey by the academy, and none indicated this year would see an improvement over last year, Ms. Kaluzny said.
Brock Adams of Washington and Harry Reid of Nevada, called the procedure unscientific and said it wouldn't save money, especially if the first test site proved unsatisfactory.
Eighty in the informal and unscientific survey expressed support for the rebel proposal, while 78 said it should be rejected.
It describes the proposal for a comprehensive sanctuary as 'unscientific'. Whale hunting is prohibited by a moratorium that has been in place for eight years.
A rather unscientific description, but it comes close to describing the sensation.
Implant supporters dismissed these and other examples as unscientific anecdotal evidence.
The lead story confessed that a poll the paper published two weeks ago, indicating human rights activist Andrei Sakharov was more popular than Gorbachev, was an unscientific sampling of readers' letters.
Only supreme strength and skill saved him from serious injury. Perurena met with reserve when he decided that a lifting technique used for over 200 years was unscientific, and changed it.
The high mortality rate of magazines reflects just how unscientific the process of starting a new publication is.