UNSCHOLARLY Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

unscholarly

adjective

Definition of unscholarly

as in nonacademic

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as in ignorant

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Recent Examples of unscholarly Some might find my use of historical sources to be selective and unscholarly. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 8 July 2022 In 2015, Anton recalls, Marini began sending long emails to his colleagues arguing that Trump, in his unscholarly way, might have the potential to force the constitutional order back into its proper limits. — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 Rankings influence many disciplines and can mutate values as well as goals, leading academics to such unscholarly behaviors as plagiarizing others’ work, unintentionally manipulating data, or outright falsifying it. — Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026

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Adjective

Earlier this month, the Center released its annual sector analysis finding that, for the first time in its surveys, new microschool founders valued nonacademic learning over academic gains.

— Kerry McDonald, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
The proposal includes an exception for cases in which applicants were rejected for nonacademic reasons.

— Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026

Definition of nonacademic

Adjective

Let’s hope that George Santayana’s warning to those ignorant of history about the past repeating itself makes an exception for our present Defense Department.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
And then there are amateur collectors like me, who might not know ironstone from porcelain, but whose last day on earth could be spent touching old objects in ignorant bliss.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2026

Definition of ignorant

Adjective

But the premise is more or less an excuse to make monologue jokes, which Bargatze did about everything from Severance’s confusing story line to the decidedly noneducational programming offered on the Learning Channel.

— Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
White House officials told reporters at the time that the administration also planned to work with sports governing bodies, including the International Olympic Committee, to ensure the guidance is followed in noneducational settings.

— Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025

Definition of noneducational

Adjective

The report says there's been progress, but minorities, along with people who are poor and uneducated, still face higher death rates.

— Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 24 June 2026
The hillbilly is portrayed as ignorant, uneducated, and unsophisticated; they are often depicted as being unkempt in appearance, perhaps noticeably dirty or walking around barefoot.

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 June 2026

Definition of uneducated

Adjective

And Soderlund doesn't just measure the value of her kids' extracurricular pursuits in dollars.

— Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Without the tax, OCPS would lose about $256 million in funding that pays for about 2,000 teachers and several dozen extracurricular programs like sports and the arts.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026

Definition of extracurricular

Adjective

While about 90% of the Black population in Southern states were illiterate in 1865, this percentage dropped to 70% by 1880.

— Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
Eventually, a Pakistani Christian group working with families was able to find housing and jobs for parents, and located a teacher for the children who were largely illiterate.

— Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2026

Definition of illiterate

Adjective

Busby Berkeley Wrongly taken as a mere ornamentalist—even worse, sometimes mistaken for a fascist—Busby Berkeley was an erotic sociobiologist, an unlettered philosopher in visual music.

— Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
The characters include a temperamental goat, a sweet-natured monk, an unlettered orphan boy and an intelligent young girl whose destiny is to dethrone a king.

— Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021

Definition of unlettered

Adjective

But this time there would be no panel from the National Endowment of the Arts sifting through the applications, no oversight from cultural officials and benighted curators—the usual process.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
Repeal the benighted Jones Act, which raises energy and shipping costs.

— Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of benighted

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