unrealistic

CEFRB1

/əˌnriˈlɪstɪk/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not sensible or likely to happen in real life.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Not realistic.

Examples

  • The budget appears to be inaccurate and unrealistic.

  • Your hypothesis is completely unrealistic.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • How much of our thinking is based on unrealistic planted scripts of drama, romance and violence?

  • It meant all through journeys required at least two changes of train, making commuting to London unrealistic. Passengers on all affected routes were urged not to travel.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Expecting to win the lottery without buying a ticket is completely blank and foolish.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From un- + realistic.