eristic vs unprofessional

eristic

noun
  • One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious. 

  • A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest. 

adj
  • Provoking strife, controversy or discord. 

unprofessional

noun
  • One who is not a professional. 

adj
  • Lacking a profession. 

  • unbecoming of a professional; hence inappropriate in the workplace 

How often have the words eristic and unprofessional occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )