1
as in absurd
conceived or made without regard for reason or reality
an unreal claim that is distant from the slightest hint of truth
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2
as in mythic
not real and existing only in the imagination
the unreal world of TV sitcoms
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Recent Examples of unreal
Seven-straight games of at least three TD passes for Joe Burrow is unreal.
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Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Rhodes received an unreal reaction when he was shown on the big screen.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Bob had an unreal game, and then to see that goal, whatever.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
On many of these mid-oceanic specks, developers have capitalized on their natural beauty to create some of Earth’s most swoon-worthy private island resorts, with overwater accommodation and settings that are simply unreal.
—Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
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Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Rhodes received an unreal reaction when he was shown on the big screen.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Bob had an unreal game, and then to see that goal, whatever.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
On many of these mid-oceanic specks, developers have capitalized on their natural beauty to create some of Earth’s most swoon-worthy private island resorts, with overwater accommodation and settings that are simply unreal.
—Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreal
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Courts should continue to quickly reject his absurd, insulting, and ahistorical legal arguments, which violate the clear text of the 14th Amendment.—
Elizabeth Wydra and Nina Henry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Ironically, its only real payoff is its surreal magnitude of Drake-centricity (down to casting a look-alike), which largely ends up being absurd and hilarious thanks to events entirely outside of the film’s purview.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
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Does that explain his bizarre excursion to allow Arnaut Danjuma to score?—
Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
30 Jan. 2025
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Archaeologists have uncovered a series of bizarre ancient burials in France.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Detectives also found that Labelle allegedly altered several documents and provided the homeowner with fictitious receipts to deceive them, according to Riley.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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Given the clandestine nature of the process, the true number of fictitious sons who arrived during exclusion will never be known.—
Jane Hu,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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Many of the angel families here today were betrayed by the last administration and with its heartless, and foolish, and really very arrogant and dumb policies.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Walking away from that security might have seemed foolish at the time, but twelve years later, King runs a digital empire that has redefined entertainment.—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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If a planet is visible from the night side of Earth, it can only ever be seen along an imaginary path through the sky called the ecliptic.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Monday’s victory was only a month and a week removed from one of the more embarrassing losses of the Knicks season, an NBA Cup quarterfinal loss Young punctuated by rolling a set of imaginary die on The Garden’s center-court logo.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Your voice is insane.—
Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com,
al,
4 Apr. 2023
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The Republican and right-wing reaction is just insane.—
Michael Tomasky,
The New Republic,
31 Mar. 2023
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According to the folklore, a mythical beast would come and devour villagers and livestock each Chinese New Year, but the beast was afraid of loud noises and the color red.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Jan. 2025
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Villagers dressed as cranes, roosters and mythical lions pose for portraits standing amid crops or in fallow farmland.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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Ukraine is a fictional state...the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.—
Maya Mehrara,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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The book’s epilogue imagines a world in which similar missions don’t go so well; a fictional NASA spokesperson describes the mysterious loss of a crewed space capsule.—
Cal Newport,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Unreal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreal. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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