unreal
adjective
un·re·al
ˌən-ˈrē(-ə)l 
: lacking in reality, substance, or genuineness : artificial, illusory
also
: incredible, fantastic
Examples of unreal in a Sentence
The town seemed as unreal as a movie set.
The fashion model looked unreal, like a doll.
I think it's unreal that he survived the accident.
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Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Victoria Falls is such an incredibly special and beautiful place, so to be so completely surrounded by and immersed in the falls was unreal.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Black Finnegan has drugged us and flown us from Ruritania over the threshold of the unreal across the Atlantic and woken us up in New York, New York, USA, Reality.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
In a sit-down interview, Goldberg said the amount of disrespect Gunther had for Goldberg was unreal.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for unreal
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“Unreal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unreal. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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unreal
adjective
un·re·al
ˌən-ˈrē(-ə)l
-ˈri(-ə)l,
ˈən-
1
: not real, actual, or genuine : illusory
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