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unrealizable

[ uhn-ree-uh-lahy-zuh-buh l ]

/ ʌnˈri əˌlaɪ zə bəl /

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adjective

incapable of being made actual or real, as an ideal or ambition: His dream of military glory was unrealizable.

incapable of being sensed or understood; unthinkable.

Words nearby unrealizable

unreadable, unready, unreal, unrealistic, unreality, unrealizable, unrealized, unreason, unreasonable, unreasonable behaviour, unreasoning

Origin of unrealizable

1830–40; un-¹ + realizable

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for unrealizable

It may be unrealizable, but for that very reason it must be also ideal.
The Lords of the Ghostland|Edgar Saltus
It seemed so real, and yet so unrealizable, that he should be here with her.
Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete|Winston Churchill
Unrealizable ideals are chimeras pursued into futurity, while a world that should be human and happy waits in vice and misery.
Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living|H.W. Long
Her love for Merriam was not lessened; but it now appeared a hopeless and unrealizable thing.
Whirligigs|O. Henry

This may seem to some people an unrealizable idea and a poetic aspiration rather than a possible actuality.
The Thirteenth|James J. Walsh

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