anecdotal
adjective/ˌænɪkˈdoʊtəl/
Frequency rank: #10,910 most common English word
Meaning
Based on personal accounts or isolated examples rather than systematic research or statistics.
Example sentence
The doctor warned that anecdotal evidence about the new treatment was not sufficient to draw scientific conclusions.
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