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unreal

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un⋅re⋅al

  [uhn-ree-uhl, -reel]
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–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 + real 1

Related forms:
un⋅re⋅al⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
sham, spurious, fictitious, illusive, theoretical, impractical, vague.
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un·re·al   (ŭn-rē'əl, -rēl')   
adj.  

  1. Not real or substantial; illusory.

  2. Slang So remarkable as to elicit disbelief; fantastic.

  3. Surreal.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
unreal

  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.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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