blue-sky

[ bloo-skahy ]
/ ˈbluˈskaɪ /
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adjective

fanciful; impractical: blue-sky ideas.
(especially of securities) having dubious value; not financially sound: a blue-sky stock.

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Origin of blue-sky

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby blue-sky

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Words related to blue-sky

fantastic, illusory, fanciful, dreamlike, ingenious, whimsical, vivid, visionary, offbeat, artistic, extravagant, original, romantic, apparent, chimeric, chimerical, deceitful, delusive, delusory, fake

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British Dictionary definitions for blue-sky

blue-sky

blue-skies

noun

(modifier) of or denoting theoretical research without regard to any future application of its resulta blue-sky project

verb -skies, -skying or -skied

to theorize (about something that may not lead to any practical application)
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