The engineer dismissed the proposal as unrealistic, noting that the projected cost exceeded the entire annual budget by threefold.
工程师认为该提案不切实际，指出预计成本超出了整个年度预算的三倍。
Which choice best defines “unrealistic”?
B — Not seeing things as they are; impractical. “unrealistic” means not seeing things as they are; impractical.
Which word means “not seeing things as they are; impractical”?
B — unrealistic. “unrealistic” means not seeing things as they are; impractical.
unrealistic — not seeing things as they are; impractical. In Chinese: 不切实际的.
unrealistic is pronounced /ˌʌnriːəˈlɪstɪk/.
The engineer dismissed the proposal as unrealistic, noting that the projected cost exceeded the entire annual budget by threefold. (工程师认为该提案不切实际，指出预计成本超出了整个年度预算的三倍。)
impractical, unfeasible, visionary — all close in meaning to unrealistic (not seeing things as they are; impractical).
realistic, practical — each the opposite of unrealistic (not seeing things as they are; impractical).
Yes. unrealistic is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.