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UK
/ʌnɹˈiəl/
]
[ US /ənˈɹiɫ/ ]
[ US /ənˈɹiɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary
the unreal world of advertising art
this conversation is getting more and more unreal
the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy -
lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
unreal propaganda serving as news
ghosts and other unreal entities -
contrived by art rather than nature
an artificial diamond
artificial fibers
artificial flavoring
artificial sweeteners
artificial flowers -
lacking material form or substance; unreal
an insubstantial mirage on the horizon
as insubstantial as a dream
How To Use unreal In A Sentence
- This does not exclude the existence of pockets of the urban population with unrealized homosexual desires.
- Lovecraft dealt not with the supernatural but with the "supernormal," as Joshi puts it -- the unrealized side of material reality. The Lovecraft News Network
- They can sometimes recognize that their obsessions and compulsions are unrealistic.
- Our analysis shows that proposed cost for the new highway is unrealistic.
- It seemed completely unreal, the kisses we shared and how he said he was falling in love with me.
- His St. Petersburg is another "Unreal City" whose wraithlike inhabitants leave hardly a smudge where they've passed. A Master of Technique
- We rode into the clearing and the sound of the river rushing seemed almost unreal.
- This whimsical but dangerous world was depicted in a monumentally epic 15,000 page, single-spaced typed novel, "In the Realms of the Unreal".
- Put them in an arena, live coverage, president vs. prime minister, king vs. emperor, dictator vs. puppet ruler. It'll be like Unreal Tournament, except more fun.
- All unrealizable, save for some supreme moment, did the web of Daylight's personality creep out and around her. Chapter XV