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unreal

American  
[uhn-ree-uhl, -reel] / ʌnˈri əl, -ˈril /

adjective

  1. not real reis or actual.

  2. imaginary; fanciful; illusory; delusory; fantastic.

  3. lacking in truth; not genuine; false; artificial.

    unreal propaganda serving as news.
unreal British  
/ ʌnˈrɪəl /

adjective

  1. imaginary or fanciful or seemingly so

    an unreal situation

  2. having no actual existence or substance

  3. insincere or artificial

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Other Word Forms

  • unreally adverb

Etymology

Origin of unreal

First recorded in 1595–1605; un- 1 + real 1

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