unrealistic

adjective

un·​re·​al·​is·​tic ˌən-ˌrē-ə-ˈli-stik 

: not realistic : inappropriate to reality or fact

unrealistically

ˌən-ˌrē-ə-ˈli-sti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of unrealistic in a Sentence

It's unrealistic to expect so much.

The dialogue in the movie was unrealistic.

Recent Examples on the Web

Cawley also admitted that New York State’s goal to have renewable energy go from for 30% to 70% by 2030 was unrealistic. —Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025

Zelenskyy wants to regain Crimea and other Ukrainian territory seized by Russia, but Trump considers that demand to be unrealistic. —Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2025

Civil servants who have spent their careers managing viral pandemics or fighting enslavement in factories and mines understand that this is unrealistic. —E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2025

Another executive at a different studio future-trips the consequences of Coogler’s deal in terms of making already fraught talent relationships even more difficult: by giving A-list directors unrealistic expectations. —Chris Lee, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unrealistic

• anachronistic
• animalistic
• antagonistic
• antiphlogistic
• behavioristic
• cannibalistic
• capitalistic
• characteristic
• collectivistic
• deterministic
• ethnolinguistic
• expressionistic