not real; not actual; artificial; imaginary; (Slang) great; incredibly wonderful
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Unreal Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutNot real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.
unreal
\un*re"al\ (?), a. not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.
unreal
adj
1. lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news" [ant: real]
2. not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art" [ant: real(a) ]
3. contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" [syn: artificial]
[ant: natural]
4. lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" [syn: insubstantial, unsubstantial]
[ant: substantial]
Adjective
1. lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"
(antonym) real, existent
(similar) dreamed(a)
(see-also) artificial
(attribute) reality, realness, realism
2. not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art"
(antonym) real(a)
(similar) deceptive, delusory
3. contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
(synonym) artificial
(similar) arranged, staged
(see-also) counterfeit, imitative
4. lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"
(synonym) insubstantial, unsubstantial
(similar) aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal
(see-also) immaterial, nonmaterial
(attribute) substantiality, substantialness
Unreal Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Unreal is a first-person shooter video game developed by Epic MegaGames and Digital Extremes and published by GT Interactive (now owned by Atari) in May 1998. It was powered by an original gameplay and physics engine that now bears the game's name, one that had been in development for over three years in founder Tim Sweeney's garage before the game was released.
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