Definition of unrealistic
: not realistic : inappropriate to reality or fact
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Examples of unrealistic in a Sentence
It's unrealistic to expect so much.
The dialogue in the movie was unrealistic.
Recent Examples of unrealistic from the Web
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But no match is without fault, and Virgos' unrealistic expectations may eventually dissolve into anxiety and doubt.
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The danger is entering into negotiations with unrealistic expectations that Kim is just going to hand over the keys to his nuclear kingdom.
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The publisher may well have set unrealistic expectations for the game’s story, which features a villainous cult that clearly draws from the current and complex state of the political far right in the US.
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Now, fans are slamming Kylie for perpetuating unrealistic body expectations for women by promoting products that most likely don't work and only serve to make women who just made an actual human feel bad about their bodies.
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Setting unrealistic expectations about failure can cause anxiety that could eat away at your daughter’s self-worth.
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Even that unvarnished projection, based on the 2016 assumption that the homeless population could be reduced by 14% annually, turned out to be unrealistic.
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The video of an unarmed man killed by Sacramento Police may create unrealistic expectations of justice in the public.
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With the role of women and the clergy abuse scandal topping the latter list, a consensus view is forming that history’s first Latin American pope may be a victim of unrealistic expectations and his own culture.
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First Known Use of unrealistic
1865
UNREALISTIC Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of unrealistic for English Language Learners
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: not able to see things as they really are
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: based on what is wanted or hoped for rather than on what is possible or likely : not sensible and appropriate
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: not showing people and things as they are in real life
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