un·re·al

[uhn-ree-uhl, -reel]
adjective
1.
not real or actual.
2.
imaginary; fanciful; illusory; delusory; fantastic.
3.
lacking in truth; not genuine; false; artificial: unreal propaganda serving as news.

Origin:
1595–1605; un-1 + real1

un·re·al·ly, adverb


sham, spurious, fictitious, illusive, theoretical, impractical, vague.
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unreal (ʌnˈrɪəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  imaginary or fanciful or seemingly so: an unreal situation
2.  having no actual existence or substance
3.  insincere or artificial
 
un'really
 
adv

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Unreal is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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Word Origin & History

unreal
1605, "not real," from un- (1) "not" + real (adj.). Slang sense of "wonderful, great" is first recorded 1965.
"Hence horrible shadow, Vnreall mock'ry hence." ["Macbeth," III.iv.107]
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unreal definition


  1. mod.
    unbelievable. : Your hairdo is so yummy—almost unreal. , Who started this unreal argument?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Chimerical is defined as unreal, imaginary, or wildly fanciful.
Romance is pointedly unreal, but fantasy is something altogether different.
Two of the professors admit that their unreal students teeter on an ethical
  precipice, because the technique could be abused.
It is unreal how relatively smart scientifically-inclined individuals cannot
  see this difference.
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