unreal

adjective/ʌnˈriəl/

Frequency rank: #6,948 most common English word

Meaning

so strange or extraordinary as to seem not real; fantastic or dreamlike.

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Example sentence

The view from the mountaintop was so breathtaking that it felt completely unreal.

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