unrealisticadj.

1860 Standard 18 Dec. In her legends she is..delightfully unrealistic, yet sufficiently impressive.

1898 R. W. Frazer Lit. Hist. India x. 227 The most repulsive, cold, and unrealistic description of suffering womanhood.

1932 Jrnl. Philos. 29 26 His writing is..delightfully free from self-consciousness and unrealistic artfulness.

2013 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 12 Oct. r1 Her male characters are so unmitigatedly callous that some critics have called them unrealistic.

1863 F. W. Robinson Church & Chapel III. iii. ii. 46 I had no knowledge of Mr. Bayford's character, and considered the engagement a trifle too unrealistic.

1919 H. J. Laski Authority in Mod. State ii. 172 It seemed..in the most dangerous sense immoral and unrealistic thus to disregard the reaction of enquiry upon life.

1950 P. Gérin-Lajoie Constit. Amendment in Canada iv. ix. 282 The simple but most unrealistic remedy: ‘Centralize fiscal and legislative powers!’

1989 A. Stoddard Living beautifully Together (1991) i. 28 We worry about why we aren't perfect, and when our unrealistic expectations are not met we feel let down.

2008 Independent 23 Aug. 24/2 The numbers of delayed planes, the unrealistic timetables, the lack of resources and their quality on the ground.

1888 Critic (N.Y.) 10 Mar. 114/2 There is a too painfully appropriate moral worked out unrealistically at the close, when the thoughtless and almost cruel hero suddenly melts into all the most desirable phases of unexpected manliness.

1959 A. H. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. 44 Exporters of primary products..have..drawn attention to the serious effects produced by protective barriers established at unrealistically high levels.

2012 J. Stafford et al. in J. R. Wilson et al. Rail Human Factors around World 807 Passengers may have an unrealistically higher expectation of the service.., in which case it is important to manage expectations at corporate level.