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unreal

adjective (SURPRISING)
 
 
/ʌnˈrɪəl/ US  /-ˈriːl/ slang

Definition

C1 extremely or surprisingly good: He gave you £5,000? Man, that's unreal!Informal words for goodGood, better and bestQuite good, or not very good unreality
 
 
/ˌʌn.riˈæl.ɪ.ti/ US  /-ə.t̬i/ noun [U]
There was an air of unreality about the visit, as if I'd stepped into another world for two weeks.Unreal things and unreality
(Definition of unreal adjective (SURPRISING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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