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unrealizing

unrealizing is the present participle and gerund of unrealize.

Meaning of unrealize

Verb (1)

unrealize (third-person singular simple present unrealizes, present participle unrealizing, simple past and past participle unrealized)

  1. (transitive) To make unreal; to idealize.
    • His fancy, habitually moving about in worlds not realized, unrealizes everything at a touch.1875, James Russell Lowell, Spenser

Verb (2)

unrealize (third-person singular simple present unrealizes, present participle unrealizing, simple past and past participle unrealized)

  1. (nonce-word) To alter one's own viewpoint after a previous realization; to change one's mind.
    • I easily realized that all of his statements were wrong. How do you unrealize that?

Questions about unrealizing

What is unrealizing the present participle and gerund of?
Unrealizing is the present participle and gerund of unrealize.

Words near unrealizing in the dictionary

  1. unrealizably
  2. unrealize
  3. unrealized
  4. unrealizedness
  5. unrealizes
  6. unrealizing
  7. unreally
  8. unrealmed
  9. unrealness
  10. unreamed
  11. unreaped

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