Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - unrealistic

If you say that someone is being unrealistic, you mean that they do not recognize the truth about a situation, especially about the difficulties involved in something they want to achieve. There are many who feel that the players are being completely unrealistic in their demands... It would be unrealistic to expect such a process ever to be completed. ...their unrealistic expectations of parenthood. ? realistic ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf • unrealistically Tom spoke unrealistically of getting a full-time job that paid an enormous sum. ...unrealistically high standards of expectation. ? realistically ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj