Definition of unacademic in English:
unacademic
adjectiveˌʌnakəˈdɛmɪkˌənækəˈdɛmɪk
1Not adopting or characteristic of a scholarly approach or language.
his language was refreshingly unacademic
Example sentencesExamples
- Employing a method he dubs ‘outrageously unacademic,’ he deftly links the biblical text to contemporary situations that cry for justice.
- Contemporary subjects were not in themselves taboo, but Manet's moody treatment, his indistinct outlines and background - in short, his unacademic approach - offended the public eye.
- This was brought home to me at university where I had given a lecture on political rhetoric and had taken the opportunity to make fun, in passing, of this lady and her unacademic grasp of key political issues.
- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has been called a think tank, a monitoring agency, a rich man's club and an unacademic university.
- On stage, he's smart but unacademic; attractive yet mildly awkward; friendly but acerbic.
- At school a number of teachers probably looked out for me but it was then a very unacademic school.
- 1.1 (of a person) not suited or drawn to academic study.
Example sentencesExamples
- I think it's a really good idea to let the unacademic kids leave school and study a trade.
- At school, Sayle was unacademic, uninterested and usually in trouble.
- In many ways, especially among the scholarly men around her, she was regarded as a quite unacademic woman.
Definition of unacademic in US English:
unacademic
adjectiveˌənakəˈdemikˌənækəˈdɛmɪk
1Not adopting or characteristic of a scholarly approach or language.
his language was refreshingly unacademic
Example sentencesExamples
- Employing a method he dubs ‘outrageously unacademic,’ he deftly links the biblical text to contemporary situations that cry for justice.
- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has been called a think tank, a monitoring agency, a rich man's club and an unacademic university.
- Contemporary subjects were not in themselves taboo, but Manet's moody treatment, his indistinct outlines and background - in short, his unacademic approach - offended the public eye.
- This was brought home to me at university where I had given a lecture on political rhetoric and had taken the opportunity to make fun, in passing, of this lady and her unacademic grasp of key political issues.
- At school a number of teachers probably looked out for me but it was then a very unacademic school.
- On stage, he's smart but unacademic; attractive yet mildly awkward; friendly but acerbic.
- 1.1 (of a person) not suited or drawn to academic study.
Example sentencesExamples
- At school, Sayle was unacademic, uninterested and usually in trouble.
- In many ways, especially among the scholarly men around her, she was regarded as a quite unacademic woman.
- I think it's a really good idea to let the unacademic kids leave school and study a trade.