unrealized

English

Alternative forms

• unrealised

Etymology

From un- +‎ realized.

Adjective

unrealized (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. (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 The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     That amendment, ratified in 1913, explicitly empowers Congress to tax incomes. But the Moores argue that unrealized gains aren’t income at all.

Translations

Not realized

• Bulgarian: несбъднат (bg) (nesbǎdnat)
• Spanish: irrealizado, non realizado, non percatado, non apiolado, non coscado

Further reading

• John Smullen, Nicholas Hand, editors (2005), “unrealized profit/loss”, in A Dictionary of Finance and Banking, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 420

Anagrams

• neuralized