Meaning & Definition of Unreal in English

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"

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"

3. Contrived by art rather than nature

• "Artificial flowers"

• "Artificial flavoring"

• "An artificial diamond"

• "Artificial fibers"

• "Artificial sweeteners"

4. Lacking material form or substance

• Unreal

• "As insubstantial as a dream"

• "An insubstantial mirage on the horizon"