unrealized
Americanadjective
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not made real or actual; not resulting in accomplishment, as a task or aim.
unrealized ambitions.
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not known or suspected.
unrealized talent.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unrealized
First recorded in 1765–75; un- 1 + realize ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Vocabulary lists containing unrealized
Example Sentences
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The increase was driven by an unrealized gain on the company’s investment in MGM of $721.7 million, up from $307.4 million in the year-ago period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Richard Windsor, an independent analyst at Radio Free Mobile, said Alphabet’s earnings-per-share figure hinged largely on the “illusory security of a series of unrealized investment returns that will evaporate at the first hint of trouble.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
Then it’s August — often a volatile month in terms of both realized and unrealized volatility.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Now, I have the strange romantic notion that, for the briefest of moments, Americans joined hands and celebrated 200 years of an unrealized but longed for dream: Liberty and justice for all.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
The phrase subtly alludes to another meditation on unrealized genius, “Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,” from Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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