unrealized
/ənɹˈiəlˌaɪzd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not yet realized in cash; hypothetical.
Example Sentences
- "The architect's unrealized dream was to design the tallest building in the world."
- "Some women in our group have gone through or are now facing custody battles. For others, it is a constant but as yet unrealized threat."
- "unrealized capital gains"
- "That amendment, ratified in 1913, explicitly empowers Congress to tax incomes. But the Moores argue that unrealized gains aren’t income at all."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English realized English unrealized From un- + realized.