unscholarly
/' n'sk l li/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Not scholarly: Lacking the qualities, methods, or seriousness associated with formal study, learning, or academic research. It describes work, behavior, or attitudes that are not careful, systematic, or well-informed in an academic sense.
Usage
The adjective "unscholarly" is used to critique or describe something as failing to meet accepted academic standards. It often implies a lack of rigor, depth, proper citation, or intellectual seriousness. - It typically modifies nouns like approach, work, article, book, methods, tone, or behavior. - It carries a negative connotation within academic or intellectual contexts.
Examples
- The book's unscholarly approach relied on anecdotes rather than verifiable data.
- His unscholarly remarks during the lecture surprised the audience of experts.
- The journal rejected the paper for its unscholarly use of sources.
Advanced Usage
- "to be deemed unscholarly": to be judged or considered as not meeting scholarly standards.
- The theory was quickly deemed unscholarly by the scientific community.
- "unscholarly in the extreme": an emphatic way to say something is very unscholarly.
- The documentary was entertaining but unscholarly in the extreme.
Variants and Related Words
- Unscholarliness (noun): The state or quality of being unscholarly.
- The unscholarliness of the website's content was evident.
Synonyms
- Unacademic: Not academic in character or method.
- Unlearned: Not well-educated or lacking in knowledge (can be more general than "unscholarly").
- Superficial: Lacking depth or thoroughness.
- Amateurish: Characteristic of an amateur; not professional or expert.
Antonyms
- Scholarly: Involving or characteristic of scholars or scholarship; learned.
- Academic: Relating to education and scholarship.
- Erudite: Having or showing great knowledge or learning.
- Rigorous: Extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate.
Adjective
- not scholarly