unrealistic

[ree-uh-lis-tik]

re·al·is·tic

[ree-uh-lis-tik]
adjective
1.
interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
2.
pertaining to, characterized by, or given to the representation in literature or art of things as they really are: a realistic novel.
3.
resembling or simulating real life: a duck hunter skilled at making realistic decoys.
4.
Philosophy. of or pertaining to realists or realism.

Origin:
1855–60; realist + -ic

re·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
an·ti·re·al·is·tic, adjective
an·ti·re·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
hy·per·re·al·is·tic, adjective
non·re·al·is·tic, adjective
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non·re·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
o·ver·re·al·is·tic, adjective
o·ver·re·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
pro·re·al·is·tic, adjective
pseu·do·re·al·is·tic, adjective
qua·si-re·al·is·tic, adjective
qua·si-re·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
sem·i·re·al·is·tic, adjective
sem·i·re·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
ul·tra·re·al·is·tic, adjective
un·re·al·is·tic, adjective
un·re·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE


1. pragmatic, common-sense, hard-headed, sensible.

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Unrealistic is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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.
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unrealistic (ˌʌnrɪəˈlɪstɪk)
 
adj
not realistic: unrealistic expectations

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