unrealnot actual; imaginary, fanciful, delusory; lacking in truth; not genuine; false; shamNot to be confused with:unreel ? to unwind from a reelAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreeun·re·al (?n-r???l, -r?l?)adj.1. Not real or substantial; illusory.2. Slang So remarkable as to elicit disbelief; fantastic.3. Surreal.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.unreal (?n?r??l) adj1. imaginary or fanciful or seemingly so: an unreal situation. 2. having no actual existence or substance3. insincere or artificial un?really advCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014un?re?al (?n?ri ?l, -?ril) adj. 1. not real or actual. 2. imaginary; fanciful; illusory; fantastic. 3. not genuine; false; artificial. [1595?1605] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.