divorced from reality

idiom

: showing no connection to what is real or true

a theory that is completely divorced from reality

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Recent Examples on the Web Advertisement That may not be the only issue about Tesla and Musk that is arguably divorced from reality. —

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024 But expectations that a deal could truly benefit Palestinians are divorced from reality. —

Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2023 His brief interview with me not only contained standard denials of wrongdoing but was wholly divorced from reality. —

Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024 Or is the point to make the whole thing completely divorced from reality? ➽ Who came up with letting one of the cast members be the one to activate the chair? —

Vulture, 21 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for divorced from reality

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