scholastic
adjective
of or relating to schools, scholars, or education.
unscholastic
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a word derived from
scholastic.
Example Sentences
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Miss Peecher and Miss Peecher's pupils were not much encouraged in the unscholastic art of needlework, by Government.
From Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Both characteristics were so well developed that the hours they spent in the schoolroom were chiefly devoted to exploits of a most unscholastic nature.
From Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen by Vesper L. George
Hence the first approach to any subject in school, if thought is to be aroused and not words acquired, should be as unscholastic as possible.
From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey
Then he remembered that whatever pleasures had mitigated the exasperation of school last term were decidedly unscholastic, and he blushed.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by Compton MacKenzie
What unscholastic reminiscences might we not hear, could book-lined shelves in the shadowy nooks, but speak!
From Missy by Dana Gatlin
