unrealistic
adjective
un·re·al·is·tic
ˌən-ˌrē-ə-ˈli-stik 
: not realistic : inappropriate to reality or fact
Examples of unrealistic in a Sentence
It's unrealistic to expect so much.
The dialogue in the movie was unrealistic.
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Other, less politically resistant Iranian films often show women inside in hijab, which is highly unrealistic and likely a mode of appeasing censors.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
Watching an 18-year-old woman arrive in New York City, move into a dorm with bay windows and proceed to have two sickeningly cute guys fall in love with her during her freshman year gave me some slightly unrealistic expectations about university life.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
This pace has created a generational divide, with some older workers viewing younger employees’ insistence on boundaries as unrealistic or uncommitted.
—Tess Brigham, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
But richer nations rejected higher figures as unrealistic given current economic circumstances.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
Watching an 18-year-old woman arrive in New York City, move into a dorm with bay windows and proceed to have two sickeningly cute guys fall in love with her during her freshman year gave me some slightly unrealistic expectations about university life.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
This pace has created a generational divide, with some older workers viewing younger employees’ insistence on boundaries as unrealistic or uncommitted.
—Tess Brigham, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
But richer nations rejected higher figures as unrealistic given current economic circumstances.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Unrealistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrealistic. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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