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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Its 3D creation tool, the Unreal Engine, has been used to produce visual effects and virtual worlds for shows including Walt Disney Co. and Lucasfilm’s “The Mandalorian” and HBO’s “Westworld.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Using Unreal "gives us access to a broad swath" of developers, he said, calling it "an ubiquitous tool that so many people will use and get".
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
He championed using Epic’s Unreal Engine to speed development across the company, including an update to a Millennium Falcon ride based on the upcoming “Mandalorian and Grogu” Star Wars film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
That inspired him to team up with a programmer, designer and concept artist, as well as teaching himself to use video game engine Unreal 5 to create the virtual reality game.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024
And then he heard a voice from somewhere in the small crowd say: "He won twenty thousand dollars, man! And I was right behind him in line. Unreal."
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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