If you say that someone is being unrealistic, you mean that they do not recognize the truth about a situation, especially about the difficulties involved in something they want to achieve.
What do you call someone who is unrealistic?
1. quixotic. Extravagantly chivalrous or foolishly idealistic; visionary; impractical or impracticable. 2. 1.
What’s another word for unrealistic?
What is another word for unrealistic?
| impractical | unworkable |
|---|---|
| absurd | fanciful |
| foolish | half-baked |
| idealistic | illogical |
| irrational | senseless |
What is the meaning of starry eyed?
: regarding an object or a prospect in an overly favorable light specifically : characterized by dreamy, impracticable, or utopian thinking : visionary.
What figure of speech is starry eyes?
Descriptive Idiom: The phrase “starry-eyed” functions as an adjective. Adjectives are used to describe people, places, things, or ideas. The phrase functions as a descriptive idiom because it does not literally mean that that which is described has stars in his, her, its, or their eyes.
What means amorous?
strongly moved by love
Who made amorous?
Team Amorous
What is amorous relationship?
An amorous relationship exists when two individuals mutually and consensually understand the relationship to be romantic or sexual in nature.
What is the opposite of amorous?
Opposite of relating to love or to amorous relationships. platonic. unaffectionate. unromantic.
How do you use amorous in a sentence?
- She resisted his amorous advances .
- The film centres around the amorous adventures/exploits of its handsome hero.
- The film centres around the amorous adventures of its handsome hero, Mike Mather.
- He made amorous advances to one of his students.
- Amanda had rejected his amorous advances.
What is a polyamorous person?
Polyamory is defined as practicing or being open to intimate relationships with more than one person. Dating as a polyamorous person means you’re not looking for just one person to share a romantic or sexual connection with.
What makes a city a cosmopolis?
kŏz-mŏp’ə-lĭs. Filters. A large city inhabited by people from many different countries. noun.
нереальный
прилагательное
- нереальный, нереалистический, нереалистичный
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
unrealistic / unreasonable hope — неразумная надежда 
unrealistic hope — нереальные мечты; нереальное дело
insist on unrealistic demands — выполнить требования
insist pursue unrealistic demands — выполнить требования
insisting on unrealistic demands — выполняющий требования; выполнение требований
insisting pursue unrealistic demands — выполняющий требования; выполнение требований
unrealistic approach — нереалистичный подход
unrealistic price — нереальная цена
it is unrealistic / impossible — нереально
Примеры с переводом
The dialogue in the movie was unrealistic.
Диалоги в фильме были неестественными.
It’s unrealistic to expect so much.
Было бы неразумно ожидать столь многого.
Many economists consider full employment an unrealistic goal.
Многие экономисты считают полную занятость нереальной задачей.
It is unrealistic to hope for an improvement so soon.
Не стоит надеяться на такое быстрое улучшение.
It is unrealistic to expect these changes to happen overnight.
Неразумно ожидать, что эти изменения произойдут в одночасье.
Some people have totally unrealistic expectations of both medical and nursing staff.
Некоторые люди ожидают как от врачебного, так и от сестринского персонала чего-то совершенно нереального.
Примеры, ожидающие перевода
Some parents have totally unrealistic expectations of teachers. 
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: not realistic : inappropriate to reality or fact
Example Sentences
It’s unrealistic to expect so much.
The dialogue in the movie was unrealistic.
Recent Examples on the Web
But after a decade-plus pause on that passion, pursuing woodworking again felt unrealistic.
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But the Trump administration ordered the agency to accelerate those plans, initially calling for astronauts to land on the moon by the end of 2024 — a clearly unrealistic expectation then and now.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2023
The image of Putin in a jail cell, for example, includes strangely twisted metal bars and an unrealistic depth of field, O’Brien said.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
The kind of hope too unrealistic most of the last decade.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
There is a clear danger to this trend of slightly unrealistic but realistic-enough-to-be-believable images.
—Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
However, pushing this line too much by foregoing empathy and constantly putting your needs first (and perhaps setting unrealistic boundaries) can put your partner in distress.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
Many had been on the receiving end of his wrath in his desperate unrealistic attempt to cling to power.
—Geoff Duncan, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined above
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in 1865
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несбыточная иллюзия
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нереалистичный
unrealistic, unreasonable
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нереальная цена
Banks. Exchanges. Accounting. (Russian-English) > нереальная цена
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выполнение требований
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выполнить требования
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > выполнить требования
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выполняющий требования
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impracticable, unfeasible
э́тот план невыполни́м — this plan is impracticable/unfeasible/unrealistic
э́то усло́вие невыполни́мо — this condition is impractical/unrealistic
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нереалистичный подход
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нереальная цена
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нереальное дело
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нереальные мечты
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1) General subject: aerial, aeriform, cloud built, cloud-built, delusive, delusory, fanciful, fantastic, ideal, illusive, illusory, imaginary, in the clouds, insubstantial, irreal, moonshiny, off balance, pie eyed, romantic , semblable, storybook, unreal, unrealistic, unsubstantial, vaporous, visionary, larger-than-life, fake, unlikely
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unrealistic — index infeasible, quixotic, subjective Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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unrealistic — (adj.) 1865, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + REALISTIC (Cf. realistic). Related: Unrealistically … Etymology dictionary
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unrealistic — [adj] not believable or practical blue sky*, floating, gone*, half baked*, impossible, impracticable, impractical, improbable, ivory tower*, nonrealistic, nonsensical, not applicable, not sensible, on cloud nine*, quixotic, reachy, romantic,… … New thesaurus
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unrealistic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not realistic. DERIVATIVES unrealistically adverb … English terms dictionary
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unrealistic — [un΄rē əl is′tik] adj. dealing with ideas or matters in a way that is not realistic; impractical or visionary unrealistically adv … English World dictionary
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unrealistic — adjective unrealistic ideas, hopes are not based on facts: Predictions that Labour would win the election began to look unrealistic. | it is unrealistic to do sth: It is unrealistic to expect children to sit still for hours. | be being… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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unrealistic — adj. unrealistic to + inf. (it is unrealistic to hope for an improvement so soon) * * * [ˌʌnrɪə lɪstɪk] unrealistic to + inf. (it is unrealistic to hope for an improvement so soon) … Combinatory dictionary
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unrealistic — un|rea|lis|tic [ˌʌnrıəˈlıstık] adj unrealistic ideas or hopes are not reasonable or sensible it is unrealistic to do sth ▪ It is unrealistic to expect these changes to happen overnight. ▪ Some parents have totally unrealistic expectations of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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unrealistic — [[t]ʌ̱nriəlɪ̱stɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ to inf If you say that someone is being unrealistic, you mean that they do not recognize the truth about a situation, especially about the difficulties involved in something they want to… … English dictionary
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unrealistic — un|re|al|is|tic [ ,ʌnriə lıstık ] adjective based on hopes or wishes, and not on what is likely or possible: Many people in the workplace are set completely unrealistic targets. it is unrealistic to do something: It is unrealistic to expect… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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unrealistic — UK [ˌʌnrɪəˈlɪstɪk] / US [ˌʌnrɪəˈlɪstɪk] adjective based on hopes or wishes, and not on what is likely or possible Many people in the workplace are set completely unrealistic targets. it is unrealistic to do something: It is unrealistic to expect… … English dictionary
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Surface R&B doesn’t work any more. The whole heartthrob thing, songs about unrealistic love and tearing your shirt off every show — that’s not really where it’s at any more. It’s becoming harder for those guys to sell records, and harder for them to succeed.
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PRONUNCIATION OF UNREALISTIC
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNREALISTIC
Unrealistic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.
WHAT DOES UNREALISTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of unrealistic in the English dictionary
The definition of unrealistic in the dictionary is not realistic.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNREALISTIC
Synonyms and antonyms of unrealistic in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS OF «UNREALISTIC»
The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unrealistic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Translation of «unrealistic» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF UNREALISTIC
Find out the translation of unrealistic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unrealistic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unrealistic» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
不现实的
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
poco realista
570 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
अवास्तविक
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
غَيْرُ وَاقِعِيّ
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
нереалистичный
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
pouco realista
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
অবাস্তব
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
irréaliste
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Tidak realistik
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
unrealistisch
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
非現実的な
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
비현실적인
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Unrealistic
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
không thực tế
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
நம்பத்தகாத
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
अवास्तव
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
gerçekçi olmayan
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
irrealistico
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
нереалістичний
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
nerealist
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
μη ρεαλιστικός
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
onrealistiese
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
orealistisk
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
urealistisk
5 millions of speakers
Trends of use of unrealistic
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNREALISTIC»
The term «unrealistic» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.449 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNREALISTIC» OVER TIME
The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unrealistic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unrealistic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.
Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unrealistic
10 QUOTES WITH «UNREALISTIC»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word unrealistic.
There’s such a pressure on women that we put on ourselves and everyone else puts on us to look unrealistic and everything, but you just can’t compare yourself to people in magazines.
Sometimes, and I hate to say it, you do feel things are asked for in the most ludicrously unrealistic fashion. The time you are expected to make things in, and the money you are expected to make them for — that is the death of creativity. Just because some things can be made very cheaply does not mean everything can be.
It is certainly not unrealistic to think we could have elections by mid-year 2004 and when a sovereign government is installed — my job here will be done.
I’ve learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.
When I started performing, I decided that if in five years I couldn’t earn as much money acting as I could as a teacher, it would be unrealistic for me to continue on the stage.
It’s simply unrealistic to depend on secrecy for security in computer software. You may be able to keep the exact workings of the program out of general circulation, but can you prevent the code from being reverse-engineered by serious opponents? Probably not. The secret to strong security: less reliance on secrets.
Surface R&B doesn’t work any more. The whole heartthrob thing, songs about unrealistic love and tearing your shirt off every show — that’s not really where it’s at any more. It’s becoming harder for those guys to sell records, and harder for them to succeed.
If something is irrational, that means it won’t work. It’s usually unrealistic.
I don’t think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it.
America to me is so varied and exciting. I always feel nostalgia for the place I’m not in, and then I get there and find myself in a traffic jam going into the Lincoln Tunnel, and I think, ‘God, why was I romanticizing this part of the country?’ I think it has to do with the romantic, unrealistic temperament.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNREALISTIC»
Discover the use of unrealistic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unrealistic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Irrational and Overrated: Is Our Unrealistic Self-Perception …
Dominik Piehlmaier. the neo-classical view and the idea of rational decision
makers, who should always behave in their best interest given all relevant
information and their own preferences.4 In that experiment, all subjects should
have …
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Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment
19. When. Predictions. Fail: The. Dilemma. of. Unrealistic. Optimism. David A.
Armor and Shelley E. Taylor One of the most robust findings in the psychology of
prediction is that people’s predictions tend to be optimistically biased. By a
number …
Thomas Gilovich, Dale Griffin, Daniel Kahneman, 2002
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The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive …
Write Down Your Unrealistic Appraisals and Faulty Beliefs It is important to know
exactly what situations/events activate a specific unrealistic appraisal, and what
the actual belief is. Write the activating situation or event in the first column of …
Bruce M. Hyman, Cherry Pedrick, 2005
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Personal Counseling Skills: An Integrative Approach
A similar approach can be used when helping clients to challenge “ought,” “must,
” and “have to” statements. Beliefs Involving Unrealistic Expectations Many self-
destructive beliefs involve unrealistic expectations of self, others, or the world in …
Kathryn Geldard, David Geldard, 2008
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ECONned: How Unenlightened Self Interest Undermined …
And this question can be answered only by seeing whether the theory works,
which means whether it yields sufficiently accurate predictions.43 Friedman’s
statement that “unrealistic assumptions” often prove the best is willfully false.
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The Accuracy of Agricultural Images in Children’s …
1970- 1979 1980- 1989 1990- 1999 2000- 2005 Realistic Unrealistic Figure 8.
The total realistic and unrealistic books per decade studied (n=68) Of the 68
books reviewed, 52 (76.47%) were rated as “realistic,” while 16 (23.53%) were
scored …
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Textbook of Anxiety Disorders, Second Edition
Diagnosis in Youths The diagnosis of GAD in children and adolescents has been
controversial. The DSM-III term for GAD in pa- tients younger than 18 years was
overanxious disorder. Defined as excessive or unrealistic worry (DSM-III-R) or …
Dan J. Stein, Eric Hollander, Barbara O. Rothbaum, 2009
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Human Resource Strategies for the High Growth …
We examine this further by considering how drivers respond to unrealistic
schedules for shipments and how often drivers violate the hours of service
regulation’s 10-hour rule. Drivers often complain about being given unrealistic
schedules, …
Judith W. Tansky, Robert L. Heneman, 2006
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Made for Living: Celebrating the Ordinary
IT IS UNREALISTIC . . . by Albert Ellis, psychologist 9. 10. It is unrealistic to
believe that everyone is going to agree with us all the time, like us all the time,
love us all the time. We should not expect it. It is unrealistic to believe that we can
be …
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Project Management for Telecommunications Managers
Unreasonable or unrealistic expectations Many projects are undertaken before
the team has any opportunity to analyze the possibilities. In some cases the
project is the result of a competitive bid, and the bid is prepared by well meaning
…
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNREALISTIC»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unrealistic is used in the context of the following news items.
Rumsfeld: ‘Unrealistic‘ for Bush to try to build democracy in Iraq
President George W. Bush made an “unrealistic” decision to try to build a democracy in Iraq, one of his top Cabinet members told a British newspaper. «The Hill, Jun 15»
Podolski move ‘unrealistic‘, claim Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen have distanced themselves from a possible move for Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski, claiming it would be «unrealistic» to try to sign the Germany … «Goal.com, Jun 15»
Expectations from PM ‘unrealistic‘: Rajan
The expectations from the new government when it came to power last year were «probably unrealistic» but it has taken steps to create an environment for … «Business Standard, May 15»
Woman digitally manipulates body to show unrealistic beauty …
«The work is a commentary on not only these unrealistic idealizations of beauty, but also the women’s desire to be attractive,» Higley explains. «Women will go … «KABC-TV, Apr 15»
Germany says aid payout to Greece in April unrealistic
BERLIN The German government said on Wednesday that it was unrealistic to expect euro zone countries to be able to pay out a new tranche of aid to Greece … «Reuters, Apr 15»
PDP challenges APC on unrealistic electoral promises
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of deceiving Nigerians with promises that are unrealistic just to get their … «DailyPost Nigeria, Feb 15»
Calls for Durham County Council leader to resign following …
Among the criticisms levelled at the plan was it was ‘unrealistic‘, ‘excessively optimistic’ and represented ‘unacceptable risk’ in its hope at building 31,400 … «ChronicleLive, Feb 15»
Economist Calls Obama Budget Commendable, Unrealistic
Economist Diane Lim at the Committee for Economic Development in Washington said that although the plan is commendable, it’s also unrealistic. “I have no … «Voice of America, Feb 15»
Robert Gates says Obama’s plan to defeat Islamic State is ‘unrealistic‘
Former defense secretary Robert M. Gates on Sunday described President Obama’s strategy for defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria as “unrealistic,» … «Washington Post, Feb 15»
Unrealistic boycott could splinter sport, experts say
«In the short to medium-term this is a completely unrealistic option, and statements coming out of the likes of England are Germany are simply shots across the … «Reuters, Dec 14»
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