unrealizable
1
8.5
- adjective
- /ʌnˈriːəlaɪzəbl/
- US
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irrealizable
- The plan to eliminate poverty seemed unrealizable without significant changes in government policy.
So a very interesting but unrealizable project.
- So a very interesting but unrealizable project.
- And almost every analyst I've read says that the first is unrealizable.
Examples
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Even with faster computers, though, that goal is going to be unrealizable for a general situation.
Blog text (24) -
Since free markets are generally unrealizable on any large scale, there are no 'efficient' markets.
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One may argue against a goal on the grounds that it is utopian or unrealizable.
Academic text (1991) -
Economic viability is unrealizable until profound changes are implemented.
Academic text (1997) -
At the core of different expressions of fear, however, was the same driving concern—that success in college would prove to be an unrealizable dream.
Academic text (2009) -
There was no appreciation of the weaknesses in the strategy, that it lacked support and had unrealizable goals, both symptomatic of the lack of political tutelage.
Academic text (2000) -
Many contemporary ideologies are imbued with utopian presuppositions, judging the world of common experience by the standards of an unrealizable—and more radically—unthinkable perfect blueprint.
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Many believe that achieving world peace is an unrealizable dream.
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His ambitions for becoming a successful artist felt unrealizable given his circumstances.
Synonyms
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6.3
Not possible to get or reach
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6.1
Impossible to get
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6.8
Not possible to do or make work
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6.3
Not possible to do or reach
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7.2
Not possible to do or make happen
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7.3
Not possible to do in real life because of problems
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8.7
Impossible to do or make happen
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7.9
Not possible to meet a demand or to solve a problem
Antonyms
How Achievable
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4.9
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3.2
∞
1.0
∞
1.6
- US
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8.5
∞
1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
unrealizable = realizable (transparent) = un + real + ize + able
Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'realizable' (realize + -able), so the meaning is a straightforward negation of 'realizable'.
Etymology
Unrealizable is made of parts: un- 'not', real 'real', -ize 'to make', and -able 'able'. So it means 'not able to be made real', which is why we use it for plans or dreams that are impossible to achieve.