junk science

American  

noun

1. faulty scientific information or research, especially when used to advance special interests.

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Etymology

Origin of junk science

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Climate Science “… pseudoscience, junk science that has not proven a single solitary thing.”

From Slate

Robinson, who is already the state’s first Black lieutenant governor, has dismissed conventional climate change as “junk science,” and has fought teachers who he says have assigned inappropriate reading materials on racism and sexuality to young pupils.

From Seattle Times

If the effort to ban medication abortion now before the Supreme Court demonstrates anything, it’s that the damage caused in our society by junk science can be disastrous indeed.

From Los Angeles Times

The real injury that could arise from the Supreme Court’s consideration of mifepristone would be to the use of science to validate judicial opinions by substituting junk science for rigorous research.

From Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court on March 26 for oral arguments is based on “junk science.”

From Salon