unreal

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
adjective not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary
adjective contrived by art rather than nature

From un- + real.

It wasn't altogether unreal, either. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
"It's still unreal," she said. — The Passionate Friends, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
To us this sounds unreal. — William Pitt and national revival, J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

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