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Unreal

//ʌnˈɹi.əl// adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.

    "The word ‘ivory’ rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse. By Jove! I’ve never seen anything so unreal in my life."

  2. 2
    very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life. informal

    "The video includes unreal footage of an eight-metre wave."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking material form or substance; unreal wordnet
  2. 2
    contrived by art rather than nature wordnet
  3. 3
    lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria wordnet
  4. 4
    not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary wordnet

Etymology

From un- + real.

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