Example Sentences

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Some papers are endorsed by unrigorous reviewers solicited by the authors.

From Science Magazine • May 9, 2023

The study of dreams has sometimes been dismissed as unrigorous at best, woo-woo at worst.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2021

He made much of the presence of the brain surgeon Ben Carson, who is African American, and talked about his rather unrigorous job interview for housing secretary.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2018

“We don’t want the field to be marginalised because of some of the unrigorous fringe elements that show up.”

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2018

To this the drive comes on unrigorous lines from the street.

From The Amateur Garden by Cable, George Washington