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Definition: Unrealistic |
UnrealisticAdjective1. Not realistic; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unrealistic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
| Antonym: realistic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Imagination | Romantic, high flown, flighty, extravagant, fanatic, enthusiastic, unrealistic, Utopian, Quixotic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unrealistic |
| English words defined with "unrealistic": delusively ♦ fantastic ♦ narcissistic personality ♦ quixotic ♦ romantic ♦ unrealistically ♦ wild-eyed, wishfulness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "unrealistic": Psychotherapy, Rational-Emotive ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal ♦ toy problem ♦ undecipherable class of ciphers, undecypherable class of cyphers. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | That's unrealistic. (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In part, this is because of unrealistic expectations. (references) | |
The patient should not be given unrealistic expectations. (references) | ||
Business | They also find the legislation unrealistic. (references) | |
This, however, is unrealistic as they lack adequate funding. (references) | ||
It is also unrealistic to assume that China's infrastructure could sustain a substantial increase in cars. (references) | ||
Economic History | Sierra Leone | Maintaining unrealistic exchange rates and excessive government budget deficits led to sizable balance-of-payments deficits and inflation. (references) |
Taiwan | Taiwan's legal infrastructure has also been changing, although many complain of unrealistic wording in regulations and inconsistent enforcement. (references) | |
Moldova | Results: Privatization revenues have been relatively low due to unrealistic price expectations and the unwillingness of the Government to lose management control. (references) | |
Human Rights | Russia | According to the PCPR, in order to forestall a crisis, the system must either fund massive new construction and reconstruction of facilities--which is unrealistic under the country's economic conditions--or reduce the prison population. (references) |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | While the Malaysian government's lofty predictions may be unrealistic, there is nevertheless much room for growth. (references) |
Kuwait | Although initial plans to reduce the number of expatriates in the country are now seen as unrealistic, public and political pressure will continue for all firms and government ministries to reduce their dependency on non-Kuwaitis. (references) | |
Trade | Eritrea | If, however, the original bill of sale is unavailable at the time of tariff assessment, or deemed to be unrealistic, the customs office will value goods based upon similar shipments in the past. (references) |
Uk | Customs duty is assessed on the fair market value of imported goods at the time they are landed in the UK. The commercial invoice value is usually accepted as the normal price, but if a preferential arrangement has been established between the overseas supplier and the importer, or an unrealistic value has been declared, HM Customs reserves the right to assess a fair market value for duty purposes. (references) | |
Worker Rights | El Salvador | The report faulted some factories for setting unrealistic production quotas and for requiring many workers to put in extra hours with no pay when they fell short of those quotas. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unrealistic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.66% of the time. "Unrealistic" is used about 581 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.66% | 579 | 10,925 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.34% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 581 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unrealistic | 11 |
unrealistic expectation | 4 |
body image unrealistic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unrealistic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不切实际 (impractical, impracticality), 不切實際 (impracticable, unpractical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | urealistisk paritetsværdi (unrealistic par value). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وهمی (Bizarre, Illusive, Illusory, Imaginary, Uncanny, Unreal), واهی (Airy, Romantic, Unreal, Unsubstantial(Ity)), تصوری (Brainchild, Conceptual, Imaginable, Imaginary, Romantic, Unreal), خیالی (Abstract, Bizarre, Brainchild, Dreamy, Image, Imaginary, Phantom, Poetic, Romantic, Unreal, Visionary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | epärealistinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | irréaliste. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unrealistisch (visionary), wirklichkeitsfremd (unrelated to reality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απραγματοποίητοσ (unfulfilled, unrealized). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | non realistico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 非現実的 , 世事に疎い (inexperienced, knowing but little of the world). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひ'"じつてき, せじにうとい (inexperienced, knowing but little of the world). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 비현실. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ealisticunray нереальный (aerial, aeriform, illusory, insubstantial, unreal), нереалистичный. (various references) nerealistički, nerealan (unreal). (various references) poco realista (otherworldly), no basado en los hechos, irrealista, impracticable (impracticable, unfeasible, unworkable), ilusorio (delusive, delusory, elusive, illusive, illusory, phantom, unreal), fantástico (eerie, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, fantastical, lurid, neat, whimsical, wild), disparatado (absurd, crazy, goofy, mad, nonsensical, piffling, wild, zany). (various references) orealistisk. (various references) gerçekçi olmayan. (various references) нереалістичний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unrealistic": unrealistically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unrealistic" (pronounced unrē'li"stik) |
| 7 | -ē' l i" s t i k | surrealistic. |
| 6 | -l i" s t i k | ballistic, capitalistic, dualistic, fatalistic, feudalistic, holistic, idealistic, imperialistic, individualistic, journalistic, legalistic, materialistic, monopolistic, moralistic, nationalistic, naturalistic, novelistic, oligopolistic, paternalistic, pluralistic, realistic, ritualistic, sensationalistic, simplistic, socialistic, stylistic. |
| 5 | -i" s t i k | altruistic, anachronistic, antagonistic, artistic, atheistic, autistic, characteristic, chauvinistic, coloristic, cystic, deterministic, euphemistic, expressionistic, futuristic, hedonistic, humanistic, impressionistic, jingoistic, linguistic, logistic, mechanistic, militaristic, mystic, narcissistic, opportunistic, optimistic, pantheistic, patristic, pessimistic, polytheistic, primitivistic, propagandistic, puristic, relativistic, sadistic, statistic, synergistic, terroristic, uncharacteristic, voyeuristic. |
| 4 | -s t i k | acoustic, agnostic, atavistic, bombastic, caustic, diagnostic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dynastic, ecclesiastic, elastic, enthusiastic, evangelistic, fantastic, gymnastic, iconoclastic, inelastic, interscholastic, majestic, masochistic, monastic, onomastic, plastic, rustic, sarcastic, scholastic, thermoplastic, unenthusiastic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, alphabetic, amniotic, analytic, anesthetic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, athletic, attic, authentic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, catalytic, cathartic, chaotic, charismatic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, diabetic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, dramatic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, exotic, extragalactic, fanatic, ferromagnetic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, halophytic, hectic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, homeostatic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, lymphatic, magnetic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, narcotic, neritic, neurotic, numismatic, operatic, optic, orthodontic, pancreatic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, patriotic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, phonetic, phosphatic, pneumatic, poetic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, quixotic, rheumatic, robotic, romantic, schematic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, septic, skeptic, static, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unpatriotic, unsympathetic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: unclarities. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-n-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: lacustrine. | |
-2 letters: antiulcer, cisternal, clarinets, clarities, eristical, inelastic, larcenist, neuritics, raucities, realistic, retinulas, saintlier, sciential, truancies. | |
-3 letters: acuities, airlines, alienist, alunites, anuretic, articles, auntlier, auricles, canister, canities, carlines, centaurs, centrals, ceratins, ciliates, cislunar, cisterna, citrines, clarinet, creatins, crinites, curliest, curtails, curtains, cutinise, cutlines, entrails, incisure, inciters, inertial, inertias, insulate, insulter, irenical, lanciers, latrines. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-n-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: neutralistic. | |
+2 letters: inarticulates, reticulations. | |
+3 letters: avuncularities, binocularities, inarticulacies, insurrectional, interfaculties, pertinaciously, recirculations, reduplications, reinoculations, relubrications, republications, secularization, ultraprecision, universalistic, vermiculations. | |
+4 letters: connaturalities, extralinguistic, interlacustrine, prepublications, recapitulations, secularizations, ultraprecisions, unrealistically. | |
+5 letters: antituberculosis, commensurability, curvilinearities, inarticulateness, inscrutabilities, overcultivations, quasicrystalline, rectangularities, requalifications. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 72 65 61 6C 69 73 74 69 63 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. .-. . .- .-.. .. ... - .. -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n r e a l i s t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0072 0065 0061 006C 0069 0073 0074 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580847167787585867569 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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