unrealistic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís

Proto-Italic *reis

Classical Latin rēs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin reālisder.

Old French reelbor.

Middle English real

English real

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English realist

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English realistic

English unrealistic

From un- + realistic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

unrealistic (comparative more unrealistic, superlative most unrealistic)

1. Not realistic.
   • 2008 August 13, Charles Hugh Smith, “When Societies Watch Too Much Television”, in Of Two Minds‎^[1]:

     How much of our thinking is based on unrealistic planted scripts of drama, romance and violence?

   • 2023 January 25, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Landslip wrecks London commuter services for 'weeks'”, in RAIL, number 975, page 8:

     It meant all through journeys required at least two changes of train, making commuting to London unrealistic. Passengers on all affected routes were urged not to travel.

Derived terms

• unrealistically
• unrealisticness

Translations

not realistic

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: нерэалісты́чны (njerealistýčny) Danish: urealistisk Dutch: onrealistisch (nl) Finnish: epärealistinen (fi), epätodenmukainen French: irréaliste (fr) Galician: irrealista Georgian: არარეალისტური (ararealisṭuri) German: unrealistisch (de) Greek: εξωπραγματικός (el) (exopragmatikós) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: óraunhæfur Italian: irrealistico (it) Japanese: 非現実的 (ja) (ひげんじつてき, higenjitsuteki) Malayalam: അയഥാർത്ഥമായ (ayathāṟtthamāya) Norwegian: Bokmål: urealistisk Nynorsk: urealistisk Polish: nierealistyczny Portuguese: irrealista Romanian: nerealist (ro), irealist Russian: нереалисти́чный (ru) (nerealistíčnyj), нереа́льный (ru) (nereálʹnyj) Spanish: irreal (es), irrealizable, irrealista, irrealístico, no realístico, poco realístico Swedish: orealistisk (sv) Ukrainian: нереалісти́чний (nerealistýčnyj)

See also

• utopian

Anagrams

• unclarities