junk science

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of junk science¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

In 2024 she told a Chicago radio station that academic testing “at best is junk science rooted in white supremacy” and “you can’t test black children with an instrument that was born to prove their inferiority.”

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But a group of state legislators intervened, and a legislative committee subpoenaed him to appear at a hearing about his case and the problematic use of junk science by courts.

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It’s pretty alarming that a deep-blue state may retry a woman for homicide because she experienced a stillbirth, and use discredited junk science to prove its case.

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Divine’s use of junk science to support his crusade against abortion access is equally alarming.

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I also asked Kennedy’s agency to respond to criticisms that his assertions were rife with junk science, but also received no reply.

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