They sought to show the nation that student athletes, encouraged by unrealistic aspirations toward professional sports careers, were getting few degrees and little benefit from their time on campus.

Many argue this is an unrealistic and unachievable social aspiration for contemporary society.

Indeed, the spectacle of mothers saddled with unrealistic aspirations, when their children's futures (and failures) reflect choices and chances well beyond maternal control, is anything but soothing.

Critics once implored Jackson not to run for president, citing it as an unrealistic aspiration.

In truth, the only major cutbacks lie in the disparity between resources and SSDs' generally unrealistic aspirations.

This, also, is an unrealistic aspiration - society cannot deliver this.

Exasperated by their unrealistic aspirations, Janet blows the cards down.

It was, however, an unrealistic aspiration.

We a celebrity culture showing glamourous people who have supposedly been successful but this is unattainable for the vast majority of young people so instead causes unrealistic aspirations.

Careers advice given to both Afro-Caribbean and Asian students is frequently based on conceptions of their supposedly unrealistic and over-ambitious aspirations.