Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not academic in any sense of that word; particularly, unconventional in art or literature.
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- adjective Not
academic .
Etymologies
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Examples
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So France determined -- in a word unacademic but tempting -- to "revolute," and she
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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As for what may be called unacademic literature, there were not many essays in that art.
Adventures Among Books Andrew Lang 1878
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This really pays a very sincere tribute to both cultures in the most fun, dynamic and unacademic way.
Linda Constant: A Different Kind of P2P: The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad Linda Constant 2010
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This really pays a very sincere tribute to both cultures in the most fun, dynamic and unacademic way.
Linda Constant: A Different Kind of P2P: The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad Linda Constant 2010
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This really pays a very sincere tribute to both cultures in the most fun, dynamic and unacademic way.
Linda Constant: A Different Kind of P2P: The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad Linda Constant 2010
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Reconstructing a protolanguage root that's unanalysable despite an etymology already available with a clear historical source is the kind of sloppy, unacademic nonsense I loathe with a passion.
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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Reconstructing a protolanguage root that's unanalysable despite an etymology already available with a clear historical source is the kind of sloppy, unacademic nonsense I loathe with a passion.
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ALTHOUGH the last thing students or parents on vacation want to think about is school, indulging in higher-education tourism in Mexico City can be a refreshingly unacademic experience.
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World-renowned economist Prof. Jagdish Baghwati of Columbia University, without mentioning Joseph Stiglitz and Jeffrey Sachs by name, condemned "unacademic professors" and academic "entrepreneurs" who are given "unaccountable power and funds" to exploit the University and "advance their own agendas".
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World-renowned economist Prof. Jagdish Baghwati of Columbia University, without mentioning Joseph Stiglitz and Jeffrey Sachs by name, condemned "unacademic professors" and academic "entrepreneurs" who are given "unaccountable power and funds" to exploit the University and "advance their own agendas".
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