unrealisticadjective
uk/ˌʌn.rɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/us/ˌʌn.riː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/B2 having a wrong idea of what is likely to happen or of what you can really do; not based on facts:
I think these sales forecasts are unrealistic, considering how slow sales are at present.
[ + to infinitive ] It's unrealistic to expect an answer before next week.
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- I think she had unrealistic expectations of motherhood.
- Expecting four year old children to sit quietly for a whole hour is just completely unrealistic.
- I always have a totally unrealistic idea of what I can fit into a day.
- Some parents have completely unrealistic expectations of their children.
- It's unrealistic to expect him to make a full recovery overnight.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Useless and futile
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift
- aimless
- airy-fairy
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid
- fool's errand
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous
- fruitless
- moon around
- motiveless
- negate
- no good idiom
- nugatory
- use
- useless
- vain
- vainly
- what good is ... idiom
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Logic and reason
unrealistically
adverb uk/ˌʌn.rɪəˈlɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌʌn.riː.əˈlɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/