unreal, adj.
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lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
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unreal
sample sentences
"ghosts and other unreal entities""unreal propaganda serving as news"
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dreamed
pictured, envisioned, visualized, visualised
eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil
fabled, legendary
fictional, fabricated, fancied, fictitious
mythological, fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic
imaginary, fanciful, notional
fantastic, fantastical
hallucinatory
illusionary, illusional
illusory, illusive
make-believe, pretend
lacking material form or substance; unreal
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insubstantial unreal unsubstantial
sample sentences
"as insubstantial as a dream""an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"
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contrived by art rather than nature
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artificial unreal
sample sentences
"artificial flowers""artificial flavoring"
"an artificial diamond"
"artificial fibers"
"artificial sweeteners"
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not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary
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unreal
sample sentences
"this conversation is getting more and more unreal""the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"
"the unreal world of advertising art"
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