Far-fetched

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Brought from far away. obsolete

    "it may be, if like industry were used, those far fetched druggs would prosper as well with us, as in those countries, whence now we have them […]."

  2. 2
    Implausible; not likely; difficult to believe.

    "He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of a theory or explanation) highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing wordnet
  2. 2
    (of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable wordnet

Synonyms

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farfetchedimpracticaloutlandishwild

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"It might sound far-fetched, but this is a real problem."

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