Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not real or substantial; illusory.
- adjective Slang So remarkable as to elicit disbelief; fantastic.
- adjective Surreal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not real; not substantial; having appearance only; illusive; ideal.
- Unpractical; visionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
fake ; notreal - adjective slang
larger or morefantastic than typical of real life.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective contrived by art rather than nature
- adjective lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
- adjective lacking material form or substance; unreal
- adjective not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary
Etymologies
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Examples
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'Only what you call the unreal can last unchanged for a while,' the painter said, catching at the word she had used, and thinking more of his art than of her.
The White Sister 1881
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That gash is frickin 'unreal - looked like a great PPV.
UFC 107 recap Tyler 2009
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The result of this admixture of the real and the unreal is confusion thrice confounded.
The Somnambulists 2010
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What I find to be even more unreal is the number of these students who are admitted to universities.
Test Scores and Economic Performance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And even though the annual address is one of the few things you can watch on commercial television without ads, I chose to TiVo it and watch it a few hours later, in unreal time.
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And even though the annual address is one of the few things you can watch on commercial television without ads, I chose to TiVo it and watch it a few hours later, in unreal time.
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Undercover fascists will call it unreal, un-American, and propaganda, and say that it only harms the cause of Jewish people by calling attention to it.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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Something a little unreal is the hardcover edition of the book.
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Everything happens in unreal, slow and ponderous time.
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Everything happens in unreal, slow and ponderous time.
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