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unrefereed
[unrefereed]
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1. Done without a formal referee used.
adjective
2. Referring to a journal article that isn't reviewed before being printed.
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3. For I have found that men and women are as apt to hit below the belt in argument as a pair of unrefereed pugilists in the ring.
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4. The New York Times article has a direct link to the (unpublished, unrefereed) preprint; I guess your average NYTimes reader is expected to be able to follow an original scientific article?
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5. Their analysis of GCMs is limited to quoting from unrefereed sources and pronouncing on what they consider to be the requirements for a scientific theory.