1 so strange that it is more like a dream than reality:
The party began to take on an unreal, almost nightmarish quality.
2 not related to reality:
Many people have unreal expectations of what marriage will be like.
3 (spoken) used to say that you like sth very much or that sth surprises you:
'That's unreal!' she laughed.
unreality noun [U]:
She had a strange sense of unreality. * An air of unreality hung over the whole ceremony.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is unreal a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, unreal is tagged as adjective.
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