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Princeton's WordNet

  1. farfetched, far-fetchedadjective

    (of a theory or explanation) highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing

    "a farfetched excuse"

  2. farfetched, far-fetchedadjective

    (of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable

    "He was always full of far-fetched plans, none of which ever worked"

Wiktionary

  1. far-fetchedadjective

    Brought from far away.

  2. far-fetchedadjective

    Not likely; difficult to believe; outlandish; wild; impractical.

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

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  1. far-fetched

    Far-fetched is a term used to describe an idea, statement, or story that is highly imaginative or unlikely to be true or realistic. It often refers to something that seems improbable or unbelievable, or is too exaggerated or elaborate to be taken seriously.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of far-fetched in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of far-fetched in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of far-fetched in a Sentence

  1. Francois Molins:

    He said that when he got on the train he had no terrorism plan ... in his statements, which I deem far-fetched, he said he planned to rob the passengers of their money, smash a window and then jump out.

  2. John Thune:

    I don't know how they do that, i can't imagine telling the President of United States — one, they are not negotiating with him on the shutdown and, two, now they are going to tell him he can't come to the Capitol to them. United States seems pretty far-fetched. I don't think United States's going to go over very well with the American people.

  3. Art Shamsky:

    It's not so far-fetched to think that the game can get developed there and kids can play it at a competitive level, who knows what can happen? At one point they said that about Japan, about China and Australia. It can be done.

  4. Ross Garber:

    It is not far-fetched to argue that he should have anticipated that his false election claims and incitement to march on the Capitol to' stop the steal' would have devastating consequences.

  5. John Baur:

    One of the reasons Rousseff was so unpopular was because she was slowly starting to make some of the changes that needed to be made, with many of the same people still around, big change in Brazil seems far-fetched.


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