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English
Etymology
From un- + scholastic.
Adjective
unscholastic (comparative more unscholastic, superlative most unscholastic)
- Not scholastic.
1901, Anna Chapin Ray, Teddy: Her Book:Both characteristics were so well developed that the hours they spent in the schoolroom were chiefly devoted to exploits of a most unscholastic nature.
1903, Lucy H. M. Soulsby, Stray Thoughts for Girls:You are not free, yet, to be as useful at home as you would like to be; your mother has to do without a daughter, to a large extent, or to avail herself of one with the uncomfortable feeling that the daughter is losing valuable time thereby, and probably is considering herself a martyr in having to do unscholastic duties.