Example sentences for: unrealistic

How can you use “unrealistic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "Taking his cue from writers like Don DeLillo and Philip K. Dick, who successfully blurred the lines between serious and popular novels, Lethem is like a kid in a candy store, grabbing all the tasty plots and gimmicks he can" (Albert Mobilio, the New York Times Book Review ). The heart of the book is the protagonist's affliction and his constant verbal outbursts, which form "a barrage of sheer rhetorical invention that has tour de force written all over it; it's an amazing stunt, and, just when you think the well is running dry, Lethem keeps on topping himself" ( Kirkus Reviews ). A few call the punning Joycean literary outbursts unrealistic, but most just take them in stride, admiring the "highly artificial, flamboyantly bizarre world that constantly upstages its genre format ...

  • Applying the same insight to more serious instances of spending run amok, we'll end up making recommendations like "abolish the Pentagon" or "abolish the Department of Health and Human Services"--recommendations that are surely unrealistic and possibly unwise.

  • However, even if one assumes no bias, wrongdoing, or ignorance on the part of any of the individuals involved—which is unrealistic, no doubt—chances are that some findings will turn out to be false.

  • In some cases, the project team may be unable to complete a project on time due to an unrealistic schedule.

  • The notion of an 80-year-old man cloning himself to cheat death is quaint, but it is unrealistic.


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