divorced from reality
idiom
: showing no connection to what is real or true
a theory that is completely divorced from reality
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This degree of enthusiasm reminds me of earlier bubbles, like the dot-com explosion, in which speculative investments divorced from reality.
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Jim Osman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The claims are divorced from reality: Schools are not involved in the medical decisions that families of trans youth make to receive gender-affirming care.
—Orion Rummler, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
Advertisement That may not be the only issue about Tesla and Musk that is arguably divorced from reality.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
But expectations that a deal could truly benefit Palestinians are divorced from reality.
—Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2023
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Jim Osman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The claims are divorced from reality: Schools are not involved in the medical decisions that families of trans youth make to receive gender-affirming care.
—Orion Rummler, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
Advertisement That may not be the only issue about Tesla and Musk that is arguably divorced from reality.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
But expectations that a deal could truly benefit Palestinians are divorced from reality.
—Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2023
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“Divorced from reality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divorced%20from%20reality. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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