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unreal
unreal /ˌʌnˈrɪəl◂/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: realism, realist, reality, unreality, realization; adverb: real, really, realisticallyunrealistically; adjective: real, unreal, realisticunrealistic; verb: realize
1. [not before noun] an experience, situation etc that is unreal seems so strange that you think you must be imagining it:
    It seemed unreal to be sitting and talking to someone so famous.
2. not related to real things that happen:
    Many people go into marriage with unreal expectations.
3. spoken very exciting
   SYN  excellent:
    Our trip to Disneyland was unreal.
—unreality /ˌʌnriˈæləti, ˌʌnriˈælɪti/ noun [uncountable]