unrealizable

[ uhn-ree-uh-lahy-zuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. incapable of being made actual or real, as an ideal or ambition: His dream of military glory was unrealizable.

  2. incapable of being sensed or understood; unthinkable.

Origin of unrealizable

1
1830–40; un-1 + realizable

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How to use unrealizable in a sentence

  • Every bomb we drop, antagonizing more civilians, makes that goal more unrealizable.

    America's Next Unwinnable War | Theodore Sorensen | October 30, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • They are giving themselves up to the enjoyment of a coolness which, an hour ago, appeared like an unrealizable dream.

    A Top-Floor Idyl | George van Schaick
  • In accordance with my ideal desires, she comes very nearly to realize my unrealizable dream.

  • Little Jacob sat in his tub looking at the kind, strange lady, and feeling himself in a state of unrealizable bliss.

    Wenderholme | Philip Gilbert Hamerton
  • That would remain, the uncompleted monument of his good intentions, the substance of an unrealizable, impractical dream.

    Burned Bridges | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • Her love for Merriam was not lessened; but it now appeared a hopeless and unrealizable thing.

    Whirligigs | O. Henry