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unrealistic

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not compatible with reality or fact; unreasonably idealistic.

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  • adjective Not realistic.

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  • adjective not realistic

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Examples

  • These include what she describes as unrealistic municipal demarcations.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • The Denver-based telecom (NYSE: Q) had signaled in January that it was reconsidering its earlier decision not to apply for available rural-broadband funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act because of what it called unrealistic rules.

    National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010

  • The Denver-based telecom (NYSE: Q) had signaled in January that it was reconsidering its earlier decision not to apply for available rural-broadband funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act because of what it called unrealistic rules.

    Albuquerque Business News - Local Albuquerque News | New Mexico Business Weekly 2010

  • Carlson criticized what he described as unrealistic and excessive federal spending coming from the White House.

    TheHoya.com 2009

  • Carlson criticized what he described as unrealistic and excessive federal spending coming from the White House.

    TheHoya.com 2009

  • Carlson criticized what he described as unrealistic and excessive federal spending coming from the White House.

    TheHoya.com 2009

  • Carlson criticized what he described as unrealistic and excessive federal spending coming from the White House.

    TheHoya.com 2009

  • Carlson criticized what he described as unrealistic and excessive federal spending coming from the White House.

    TheHoya.com 2009

  • Carlson criticized what he described as unrealistic and excessive federal spending coming from the White House.

    TheHoya.com 2009

  • Carlson criticized what he described as unrealistic and excessive federal spending coming from the White House.

    TheHoya.com 2009

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synonyms (39)

Words with the same meaning

  1. airy
  2. autistic
  3. delusional
  4. delusive
  5. delusory
  6. dereistic
  7. fanciful
  8. idealistic
  9. illogical
  10. illusory
  11. imaginary
  12. immaterial
  13. impractical
  14. in the clouds
  15. inaccurate
  16. merely nominal
  17. not real
  18. otherworldly
  19. poetic
  20. quixotic
  21. romancing
  22. romantic
  23. romanticized
  24. starry-eyed
  25. storybook
  26. transcendental
  27. transmundane
  28. unactual
  29. unauthentic
  30. unnatural
  31. unpractical
  32. unreal
  33. unrealizable
  34. unreasonable
  35. unrepresentative
  36. unsubstantial
  37. unworkable
  38. visionary
  39. wish-fulfilling

equivalents (10)

Other words for 'unrealistic'

  1. Kafkaesque
  2. chimerical
  3. delusive
  4. false
  5. fantastic
  6. phantasmagoric
  7. phantasmagorical
  8. surreal
  9. surrealistic
  10. wild

same context (22)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. chimerical
  2. disingenuous
  3. disproportionate
  4. fallacious
  5. illogical
  6. implausible
  7. impracticable
  8. impractical
  9. improbable
  10. inaccurate
  11. inappropriate
  12. mislead
  13. unacceptable
  14. uncalled
  15. unfounded
  16. unorthodox
  17. unpractical
  18. unprofessional
  19. unscientific
  20. untrue
  21. unwarranted
  22. unworkable

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. utopian

rhymes (74)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Hellenistic
  2. Mechanistic
  3. altruistic
  4. anachronistic
  5. antagonistic
  6. antiballistic
  7. artistic
  8. atheistic
  9. autistic
  10. ballistic
  11. capitalistic
  12. characteristic
  13. chauvinistic
  14. christic
  15. coloristic
  16. cystic
  17. deterministic
  18. dualistic
  19. euphemistic
  20. expressionistic
  21. fatalistic
  22. feudalistic
  23. futuristic
  24. hedonistic
  25. heuristic
  26. holistic
  27. humanistic
  28. idealistic
  29. imperialistic
  30. impressionistic
  31. individualistic
  32. jingoistic
  33. journalistic
  34. legalistic
  35. linguistic
  36. logistic
  37. materialistic
  38. mechanistic
  39. militaristic
  40. mistic
  41. monopolistic
  42. moralistic
  43. mystic
  44. narcissistic
  45. nationalistic
  46. naturalistic
  47. novelistic
  48. oligopolistic
  49. opportunistic
  50. optimistic
  51. pantheistic
  52. paternalistic
  53. patristic
  54. pessimistic
  55. pluralistic
  56. polytheistic
  57. primitivistic
  58. propagandistic
  59. pugilistic
  60. puristic
  61. realistic
  62. relativistic
  63. ritualistic
  64. sadistic
  65. sensationalistic
  66. simplistic
  67. socialistic
  68. statistic
  69. stylistic
  70. surrealistic
  71. synergistic
  72. terroristic
  73. uncharacteristic
  74. voyeuristic

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