unscholarly

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If it seems odd to mourn the decline of inventive swearing, it’s also an insightful, decidedly unscholarly way to show cultural changes.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2019

To some, he had long seemed more interested in fame than in careful science, and his press conference struck them as theatrical and unscholarly.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 20, 2016

And it is scholarship of the best kind—carefully researched and referenced, but written with unscholarly grace—to put the point bluntly—and perfectly accessible to the intelligent general reader.

From Salon • May 15, 2016

With this unscholarly, anti-“Antiques Roadshow” approach, “we’re really hoping to get younger people interested in collecting,” Mr. Fritz said in a recent telephone interview, while on location in rural Florida.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2010

We had all seen clear water before, but, as a severe but unscholarly sufferer once said of his rheumatism, "never such as these."

From The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by James, George Wharton