unrealistic

unrealistic
adj
1. impractical, infeasible, impracticable, unworkable, undoable; unreasonable, irrational, illogical, half-baked, Sl. half-assed; academic, theoretical, speculative, hypothetical, abstract; ivory-towerish, ivory-towered, idealistic, visionary, romantic, sentimental, starry-eyed; quixotic, fanciful, chimerical, imaginary, dream-world, illusory, delusory; improbable, unlikely, fantastic, wild, absurd, crazy, crackpot, Inf. off the wall; silly, foolish, asinine, stupid, dumb.
2. unlifelike, unreal, nonrealistic, unauthentic, unauthentical, nonauthentic, nonauthentical, ungenuine, nongenuine, unnatural, nonnatural, unnatural-istic, nonnaturalistic; fictitious, fictional, made-up, storybook, movie, TV.

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