unreal
US /ənˈril/
adjective Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The view from the top of the tower felt almost unreal.
Word Family
NounNoun
unreality
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
unreal gốc
AdverbAdv
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Synonyms
- fictitiousformed or conceived by the imagination
- illusorybased on or having the nature of an illusion
- imaginary(mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
Collocations
- Easy unreal beauty of the sunsetdescribing unreal beauty of the sunset (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)
- Medium unreal expectations for quarterly revenuedescribing unreal expectations for quarterly revenue (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)
- Hard unreal pricing decoupled from fundamental valuedescribing unreal pricing decoupled from fundamental value (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)
- Very Hard an unreal theatrical farce masquerading as justicereferring to an unreal theatrical farce masquerading as justice
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.