far-fetched
adjective
improbable; not naturally pertinent; being only remotely connected; forced; strained.
farfetched
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a variation of
far-fetched.
Example Sentences
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Nvidia did not respond to a request for comment but told The Information that they had not seen any evidence of this and that "such smuggling seems farfetched".
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Aside from the commentaries on modern motherhood and all the “help” one might get while doing it wrongly, it is pretty farfetched; trying to detail the plotline makes one realize how outlandish it is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
“As of today,” she wrote, “the Court has not adopted Idaho’s farfetched theories—but it has not rejected them either.”
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2024
That quest might have seemed farfetched at times last season.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
The other thing we liked about Titi Generosa was that even though she was a mother herself, she believed everything we told her, no matter how farfetched.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
