as in impossible
incapable of being solved or accomplished
an unrealizable dream for a severely impoverished nation
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Recent Examples of unrealizable
One red flag for me is that both HyImpulse and Rocket Factory Augsburg have business cases built around 50 commercial launches a year, which seems completely unrealizable, both from a demand standpoint as well as the exceptional technical capability needed to reach such a cadence.
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2023
Hence, visiting the galactic center in a spacecraft powered with Bussard ramjet within a lifetime is unrealizable.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2022
Judging from the Biden administration's first 100 days -- an unrealistic and unrealizable metric by which to judge a presidency -- there's no danger of that happening.
—Aaron David Miller, CNN, 28 Apr. 2021
Your partner or a close friend distract you a bit with unrealizable goals.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2019
The fact that Kingelez’s projects are unrealizable shields them from any nattering rationality.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
That was a signature promise and was probably the most flagrantly unrealizable promise in all of American presidential politics, the idea that Mexico would pay for this wall.
—NBC News, 31 Dec. 2017
The actual proposals in King’s article are a convenient mix of the inoffensive and the unrealizable, and therefore are not particularly concerning.
—Max Bloom, National Review, 20 July 2017
Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2023
Hence, visiting the galactic center in a spacecraft powered with Bussard ramjet within a lifetime is unrealizable.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2022
Judging from the Biden administration's first 100 days -- an unrealistic and unrealizable metric by which to judge a presidency -- there's no danger of that happening.
—Aaron David Miller, CNN, 28 Apr. 2021
Your partner or a close friend distract you a bit with unrealizable goals.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2019
The fact that Kingelez’s projects are unrealizable shields them from any nattering rationality.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
That was a signature promise and was probably the most flagrantly unrealizable promise in all of American presidential politics, the idea that Mexico would pay for this wall.
—NBC News, 31 Dec. 2017
The actual proposals in King’s article are a convenient mix of the inoffensive and the unrealizable, and therefore are not particularly concerning.
—Max Bloom, National Review, 20 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrealizable
Adjective
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While on international duty for Spain, FC Barcelona star Lamine Yamal said that doing a Luis Figo-esque switch across the divide of El Clasico to Real Madrid is ‘impossible’.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Stay Real’ to heart and were inspired to chase their seemingly impossible dreams.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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All seemed hopeless for Moore and Mansell, until, out of the blue, a lawyer with the Office of the White House Counsel contacted Moore’s defense lawyers, Seitles and Litwin-Diego, in April to inquire about the case.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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The longtime psych-rock staple co-wrote the album with filmmaker Matt Yoka to be a collection of American stories about hopeless kleptomaniacs, urban explorers, and other people who slip through the cracks.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
30 May 2025
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“Unrealizable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrealizable. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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