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

blue screen technology, blue shark, Blue Shield, blueshift, blue-singlet, blue-sky, blue-sky law, blue-sky thinking, bluesman, bluesnarfing, blue spirea

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Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
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Yeah, the “Giant man-puppy” that is Gronkowski won't hold a sexual candle to the blue-eyed dreamboat.
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GOP leaders refused; they saw that Duke was pulling blue-collar Democrats to the party.
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It denotes the person that puts on the badge, puts on the blue uniform, and goes into the streets to put their life at risk.
Cop Families Boo De Blasio at NYPD Graduation|Michael Daly|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

They looked up into the blue sky as the helicopters flew over in a lost man formation.
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In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
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Mary is fair as the morning dew— Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue!
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His nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
The most promising of the methods which have been devised are cryoscopy, the methylene-blue test, and the phloridzin test.
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He said no more in words, but his little blue eyes had an eloquence that left nothing to mere speech.
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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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blue-skies

noun

verb -skies, -skying or -skied