as in impossible
incapable of being solved or accomplished
an unrealizable dream for a severely impoverished nation
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Recent Examples of unrealizable
For example, there is nothing to be gained by clinging to the clearly unrealizable idea of Ukraine’s eventual membership in NATO.
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Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
One red flag for me is that both HyImpulse and Rocket Factory Augsburg have business cases built around 50 commercial launches a year, which seems completely unrealizable, both from a demand standpoint as well as the exceptional technical capability needed to reach such a cadence.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2023
Judging from the Biden administration's first 100 days -- an unrealistic and unrealizable metric by which to judge a presidency -- there's no danger of that happening.
—Aaron David Miller, CNN, 28 Apr. 2021
Your partner or a close friend distract you a bit with unrealizable goals.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2019
That was a signature promise and was probably the most flagrantly unrealizable promise in all of American presidential politics, the idea that Mexico would pay for this wall.
—NBC News, 31 Dec. 2017
The actual proposals in King’s article are a convenient mix of the inoffensive and the unrealizable, and therefore are not particularly concerning.
—Max Bloom, National Review, 20 July 2017
The fact that Kingelez’s projects are unrealizable shields them from any nattering rationality.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
One red flag for me is that both HyImpulse and Rocket Factory Augsburg have business cases built around 50 commercial launches a year, which seems completely unrealizable, both from a demand standpoint as well as the exceptional technical capability needed to reach such a cadence.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2023
Judging from the Biden administration's first 100 days -- an unrealistic and unrealizable metric by which to judge a presidency -- there's no danger of that happening.
—Aaron David Miller, CNN, 28 Apr. 2021
Your partner or a close friend distract you a bit with unrealizable goals.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2019
That was a signature promise and was probably the most flagrantly unrealizable promise in all of American presidential politics, the idea that Mexico would pay for this wall.
—NBC News, 31 Dec. 2017
The actual proposals in King’s article are a convenient mix of the inoffensive and the unrealizable, and therefore are not particularly concerning.
—Max Bloom, National Review, 20 July 2017
The fact that Kingelez’s projects are unrealizable shields them from any nattering rationality.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrealizable
Adjective
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The shearling accent of the Arizona Suede Sandal lines the entire insole, combining the already comfortable footbed with a cloud-like, plush softness that makes taking these off impossible.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Jan. 2026
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Moriarty maintains that assessing whether charges are necessary would not be impossible despite the limitations.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Other people were staring at the ground, hopeless.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
13 Jan. 2026
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What lies ahead can’t possibly be worse, however, than the embarrassing false starts, the constant churn of organizational dysfunction and the thin, hopeless gruel that Vancouver has served up over the past decade.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Unrealizable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrealizable. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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