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unreal Definition

un·real (-rēəl)

adjective

  1. not real, actual, or genuine; imaginary, fanciful, insubstantial, false, etc.
  2. Informal astounding, unbelievable, etc.: a hyperbolic use

unreal Synonyms

unreal

modif.

unreal Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • totally: He lives in a world which would be totally unreal to the rest of us.
  • slightly: It all feels slightly unreal, " she added.
  • almost: Its scenic beauty make Bali an island which seems almost unreal in today's modern world.
  • somewhat: Somehow the team seems to be having a collective bad season, broken only by the somewhat unreal quality of the performances on tour.
  • absolutely: The absolutely unreal is only the ' son of a barren woman ' - a purely meaningless term.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • seem: Cruising above Saudi Arabia, watching its shape from space, it all seemed a bit unreal to me.

Modifies a noun

  • tournament: See the ' How can I speed up Unreal Tournament on my GeForce?
  • expectation: There are unreal expectations as to what a court can do.
  • engine: A large portion of our team has already worked with the Unreal engine.
  • world: Maybe in an unreal world she is a fantasy.
  • series: Now Adrenaline was first implemented into the Unreal Tournament series in 2003.
  • situation: To bring up an old chestnut, The Day Today never used real celebrities in unreal situations.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: Its scenic beauty make Bali an island which seems almost unreal in today's modern world.
  • feel: It all feels slightly unreal, " she added.
  • become: Argument of extremes The argument of extremes simply extrapolates each side of the argument to the point where they become unreal.
  • look: They looked unreal with their scarlet plumage positively glowing.
  • appear: And, even tho everything appears unreal, authors continue to stick to the tried-and-tested formula, making for some very routine work.
  • play: I've even used it to play Unreal Tournement 2004, with no noticable lag or other issues.

Preposition: in

  • way: When you feel unreal in some way, or cut off from your surroundings.
unreal Quotes

   Thankstothemovies, gunfirehas alwayssounded unreal to me, even when being fired at.

—Ustinov, Sir PeterAlexander

Porque todo es irreal en este cuento. Nada sucedio¤   como se indica. Hechos y sitios se deformaron por el empen‹  o de tocar la verdad mediante una ficcio¤  n, una mentira. Todo irreal, nada sucedio¤   como aqu |¤ se refiere. Pero fue un pobre intento de contribuir a que el gran crimen nunca se repita. For everything in this story is unreal. Nothing happened the way it was suggested. Facts and places were distorted by that persistent desire to touch the truth by means of fiction, a lie. All of it is unreal; nothing happened the way it istold here.It was a poorattempt to help ensure that the great crime is never repeated.

—Pacheco,Jose¤   Emilio