far fetched

Speech parts

1. far fetched - Adjective

2. far fetched - Phrase

3. far fetched - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

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

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

far-fetched

Synonyms

byzantine remote unlikely strange impractical exaggerated absurd bizarre roundabout improbable farfetched niminy-piminy

Examples

a farfetched excuse Source: Internet

He was always full of far-fetched plans, none of which ever worked Source: Internet

After a 2019 like Lil Nas X had, including breaking an all-time record of 17 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and going 11-times platinum with "Old Town Road," being crowned Best New Artist at the 2020 Grammy Awards was not far-fetched. Source: Internet

At the same time, some French writers began to parody the style and concoct far-fetched stories in superficially Oriental settings. Source: Internet

Another scale, 'supernatural overconfidence', assessed belief in 'one's own paranormal powers' and included some highly far-fetched statements. Source: Internet

Because the action of the primeval story is not represented as taking place on the plane of ordinary human history and has so many affinities with ancient mythology, it is very far-fetched to speak of its narratives as historical at all." Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

far fetched

Close letter words and terms

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