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unreal (comparative more unreal, superlative most unreal)
- Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 212:
The word ‘ivory’ rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse. By Jove! I’ve never seen anything so unreal in my life.
1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
"The Boy's Uncle made me Real," he said. "That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."
- (informal) very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.
The video includes unreal footage of an eight-metre wave.
I just had an unreal hamburger.
1990, Eurydice, F/32, page 205:
He stops his cab at every traffic light, unrolls his window and calls out to the other drivers: "I've got a movie star in the car! Follow me down to see her come out. She is unreal, man! I am in seventh heaven! I have a dream!"
1995, Sam Reaves, Get What's Coming, page 60:
"She just set me up" "Now that's unreal, man. I mean, we're talking about a fairly considerable sum here, aren't we, Dexter?" "Listen to me. She set me up, with a dude she was cheatin' on me with
2012, Thomas Maul, Manila Demon, page 102:
“Yeah, she does have a certain mental toughness that is unreal,” agreed Berto. “I really don't think of her as a girl, I mean, it's like she's a tough buddy or tough sister to me.”
2011, John Adrian Tomlin, The Imaginarium Machine, page 13:
He walks around and tries to pluck a flower on the ground. david exclaims, “Holy shit, this is unreal! i can feel the flower, the heat from the sun, and i can even hear the wind! The smells are so vibrant! How could i possibly be smelling flowers?
- (not real): See also Thesaurus:fake or Thesaurus:insubstantial
- (very impressive): See also Thesaurus:awesome
- (antonym(s) of “not real”): real; See also Thesaurus:genuine
not real
- Belarusian: нерэа́льны (njereálʹny), несапра́ўдны (njesapráŭdny)
- Bulgarian: нереа́лен (bg) (nereálen), недействи́телен (bg) (nedejstvítelen), въобража́ем (bg) (vǎobražáem)
- Chinese:
- Czech: neskutečný (cs)
- Danish: uvirkelig
- Dutch: onwerkelijk (nl), irreëel (nl)
- Estonian: ebatõeline
- Finnish: epätodellinen
- French: irréel (fr)
- Georgian: არარეალური (ararealuri), არანამდვილი (aranamdvili)
- German: unwirklich (de), irreal (de)
- Greek: ανύπαρκτος (el) (anýparktos), φανταστικός (el) (fantastikós)
- Hindi: अवास्तविक (avāstavik)
- Hungarian: nem valódi
- Icelandic: óraunverulegur (is), ímyndaður
- Italian: irreale (it)
- Japanese: 非現実的な (ja) (ひげんじつてきな, higenjitsuteki na)
- Korean: 비현실적(非現實的) (bihyeonsiljeok)
- Latvian: nereāls, ireāls
- Lithuanian: nerealus
- Macedonian: нереален (nerealen)
- Malayalam: അയഥാർത്ഥ (ayathāṟttha), മിഥ്യ (ml) (mithya)
- Maori: mariko
- Norwegian:
- Polish: nierealny (pl), nierzeczywisty (pl), umowny (pl)
- Portuguese: irreal (pt)
- Romanian: nereal
- Russian: нереа́льный (ru) (nereálʹnyj), ненастоя́щий (ru) (nenastojáščij)
- Sanskrit: असत् (sa) (asat)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: не̏реа̄лан, не̏ства̄ран
- Roman: nȅreālan (sh), nȅstvāran (sh)
- Slovak: neskutočný, nereálny
- Slovene: neresničen, nestvaren
- Spanish: irreal (es)
- Swedish: overklig (sv)
- Turkish: gerçek dışı (tr)
- Ukrainian: нереа́льний (nereálʹnyj), неспра́вжній (nesprávžnij)
- Welsh: afreal (cy)