unrealizable

[ uhn-ree-uh-lahy-zuh-buhl ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unrealizable¹

1830–40; un- ¹ + realizable ( def )

Example Sentences

As has been documented by numerous outlets, they believe they can make up for those losses by reaching out to men with implicit — though unrealizable — appeals about how they can bring women to heel.

From Salon

“Nothing like putting yourself to sleep thinking about unrealizable dreams,” he wrote later, describing his state of mind after the last moonwalk.

From New York Times

Our scientific explorations, and images like this, have shown us that there is literally no place else for us to go, to survive and flourish, without extraordinary, and I would submit, unrealizable effort.

From Scientific American

He said past management had made the mistake of fostering a corporate culture that encouraged the setting of unrealizable goals, although Nissan engineers and workers were very talented.

From Seattle Times

She said, “As with the Sunderland film, I tended to go with these very ambitious ideas that were almost unrealizable.”

From The New Yorker