adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
unreasonable/unrealistic expectations (= expectations that are too high )
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I think you had unrealistic expectations of what could be achieved in the time.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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We are disturbed that audiometry is regarded as unrealistic .
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With the continuing preponderance of the agricultural population this aspiration was not then as unrealistic as it might seem today.
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This would be as unrealistic and premature as Mr Rugova's call for immediate recognition of an independent state.
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It is the most transparent of the fictions it espouses, and is as unrealistic as it is unfair.
quite
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It's quite unrealistic to think of.
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In theory this sounds quite unrealistic but the worker is reassured that none of these topics need be committed to memory.
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Farmers had purchased land at quite unrealistic prices at the time of the reform and were not burdened with long-term borrowing.
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It seems to us quite unrealistic to say that he would have felt insulted.
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Family hostility often arises when the expectations of older people make quite unrealistic demands upon younger relatives.
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It seems to me quite unrealistic to divorce the buying of the chocolate from the supplying of the records.
totally
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Not only that, but it seemed totally unrealistic to me.
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Yet since she'd met this man ... Ridiculous and totally unrealistic .
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Our dieter is not launched into a totally unrealistic programme.
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In the circumstances such calls were not totally unrealistic .
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But there is no way he will be held to ransom over a figure which is totally unrealistic .
■ NOUN
expectations
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High and unrealistic expectations of the re-entry programme or proposed job.
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With beta software, it pays to be a pessimist and not harbor unrealistic expectations .
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Business people who enter the public service often have unrealistic expectations about the relationship with politicians.
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Today most high school students have wildly unrealistic expectations about their future.
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People sometimes have very unrealistic expectations .
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Many of us go to workplaces rife with dissatisfactions, unrealistic expectations and frenetic changes.
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She wished that she could rely on him and wondered where she had acquired such unrealistic expectations .
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Scientists often join these institutions with unrealistic expectations .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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unrealistic cost estimates
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I found the play boring and the characters unrealistic .
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The film is ruined by all the unrealistic plot twists.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Critics say the program is unrealistic and a political ploy.
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It would be unrealistic to not expect to pay higher royalties in the foreseeable future.
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Therefore, the taking of warranties and indemnities will be a wholly unrealistic expectation.
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This model is unrealistic , but is used here to demonstrate the principles involved.
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This reaction is not unrealistic , since much communication is, in fact, evaluative.
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Thus many Great Groups are fueled by an invigorating, completely unrealistic view of what they can accomplish.
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To say there is absolutely no chance you would divorce is unrealistic .
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You might think, therefore, that this strategy is unrealistic , given the demands on time in the classroom.