unrealistic
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4.0
- adjective
- /ˌʌnriˈælɪstɪk/
:
poco realista
- She realized that her expectations were unrealistic and decided to adjust them.
- unrealistic expectations
- unrealistic goal
- unrealistic assumptions
So we have this really rather unrealistic rate of shooting.
- So we have this really rather unrealistic rate of shooting.
- And then I added the unrealistic sharknadoes.
- Aren't you being a naive idealist pursuing such unrealistic goals?
- Try not to hold unrealistic standards and keep a more realistic pace.
- And to their parents, don't tell them it's unrealistic.
- And we hold him up as this high, very often unrealistic standard.
- I think it's OK to aim for unrealistic goals.
- Most authors fail because they have completely unrealistic ideas about what being an author means.
- Can't expect to bond with a dog, that's unrealistic.
- Not only that, I think that your goals should be unrealistic.
- No, he literally, I feel like I have an unrealistic standard.
- There's all these books like this is unrealistic, man.
Examples
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Of course, in real life, it is unrealistic to make such an assumption.
Academic text (1999) -
Just not care about these unrealistic beauty standards.
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So we have this really rather unrealistic rate of shooting.
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Oh my God, that was the most unrealistic experience.
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And we hold him up as this high, very often unrealistic standard.
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The danger here would be to get very unrealistic about what can be done.
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Some of these demands may be unrealistic in the short term.
Academic text (1991) -
Yes, I got one bride that she was just really, really unrealistic in her expectations.
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The conclusions so far are based on two unrealistic assumptions.
Academic text (2008) -
That's an unrealistic goal, Roy.
Synonyms
38
5.3
Not sensible or likely to work in real life
26
7.0
Not likely to be true or hard to believe
18
6.3
Not possible to get or reach
16
7.9
Having ideas about a perfect world that are impossible to make real
12
6.0
Imaginative but not true or practical
4
6.9
Ideas and plans that are not realistic
4
6.8
Not possible to do or make work
3
6.3
Not possible to do or reach
2
7.2
Not possible to do or make happen
1
7.3
Not possible to do in real life because of problems
1
9.9
Only in the imagination and very unlikely to happen
1
5.3
Having goals that are too high to reach
1
5.1
Expecting only very good results that are unlikely to happen
1
6.7
Made to seem perfect or much better than it really is
1
9.9
Very optimistic in a way that ignores real problems
1
8.5
Impossible to do or make real
Not doing things in a practical or realistic way
Not sensible or likely to happen
Having ideas about a perfect society that are not realistic
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How Realistic
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Morphology
Etymology
Unrealistic breaks into un- meaning 'not', real meaning 'based on reality', and the ending -istic meaning 'like'. So unrealistic means 'not like reality', which is why we use it for ideas or plans that are not sensible or possible in real life.