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Etymology
From un- + realized.
Adjective
unrealized (not comparable)
- Not realized; possible to obtain or achieve, yet not obtained or achieved.
The architect's unrealized dream was to design the tallest building in the world.
1980 April 12, Gia Berkman, “The Right to Be a Parent”, in Gay Community News, page 12: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.
- (finance, of a profit or loss) Not yet realized in cash; hypothetical.
- unrealized capital gains
2023 December 4, Conor Clarke, “The Supreme Court Takes On Yet Another Made-Up Controversy”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic[1], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 April 2026:That amendment, ratified in 1913, explicitly empowers Congress to tax incomes. But the Moores argue that unrealized gains aren’t income at all.
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- John Smullen, Nicholas Hand, editors (2005), “unrealized profit/loss”, in A Dictionary of Finance and Banking, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 420
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