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unrealistic

ADJECTIVE
not believable or practical
Synonyms
STRONGEST
impossible impractical improbable quixotic silly unreal unworkable
WEAK
blue-sky floating gone half-baked impracticable ivory-tower nonrealistic nonsensical not applicable not sensible on cloud nine reachy romantic starry-eyed theoretical
Antonyms
STRONGEST
believable possible practical sensible tenable
WEAK
pragmatic realistic reasonable

Example Sentences

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The government says the doctors' expectations are unreasonable and unrealistic.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Examples include fabricating legal cases or producing images with unrealistic details such as extra fingers.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Forcing open the strait militarily is unrealistic, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“We should not spend over $150 million of public funds to reduce baseless, unscientific, unrealistic concerns about service tunnel noise from a very deep tunnel,” said Thomas Smith, a longtime Angeleno.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

And then there's the unrealistic beauty standards that we have to measure up to.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan