unreal
Americanadjective
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not real or actual.
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imaginary; fanciful; illusory; delusory; fantastic.
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lacking in truth; not genuine; false; artificial.
unreal propaganda serving as news.
adjective
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imaginary or fanciful or seemingly so
an unreal situation
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having no actual existence or substance
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insincere or artificial
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Ceramic tiles closer to the front are darker, stained with the unreal heat of piercing the atmosphere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Hakim Akram, who works in the shop and is the nephew of the shop owner, says the crash felt "unreal"
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Hypnopompic hallucinations are what specialists call the unreal things people see or hear during the transition from sleep to waking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"It was unreal," he said, adding that while ponies grazing on the mountain had escaped, he feared for a neighbour's pigs as flames swept through surrounding land.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
His voice sounded unreal, deep and velvet, something that should live only in a radio because it didn’t make sense outside in normal air.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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