prescientific
adjective
pre·sci·en·tif·ic ˌprē-ˌsī-ən-ˈti-fik 
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a period before the rise of modern science or a state prior to the application of the scientific method
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Using a panoply of colorful examples, the author artfully illustrates the frustrations, uncertainty, poorly founded confidence and frequent futility of medical practice in the prescientific age. 
Adrian Woolfson, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018 In a prescientific world, the sun’s unexpected diminishment and even disappearance must have been utterly terrifying. Rabbi Dan Fink, idahostatesman, 18 Aug. 2017
Adrian Woolfson, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018 In a prescientific world, the sun’s unexpected diminishment and even disappearance must have been utterly terrifying. Rabbi Dan Fink, idahostatesman, 18 Aug. 2017 Word History
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above
- run off with
- run on
- run on the bank
- run one's course
- run one's eye down
- run one's eye over
- run one's mouth
- run one's own life
- run out
- run out of
- run out of gas
- run out of patience
- run out of time
- run out on
- run out the clock
- run over
- run past
- run ragged
- run rampant
- run rings around
- run riot
- run roughshod
- run round with
- run sheep run
- run short