blue-sky
Americanadjective
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fanciful; impractical.
blue-sky ideas.
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(especially of securities) having dubious value; not financially sound.
a blue-sky stock.
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of blue-sky
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Both come at a premium to Bodycote’s share-price lows, but the valuation of the U.K. industrial company could be above 1,000 pence a share—or 1.7 billion pounds—under a blue-sky scenario, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
For hours on a crisp, blue-sky day, kite flyers mingled with sign-wavers, sharing space on the National Mall as they pursued their dueling missions.
From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026
Some of this is blue-sky thinking about the future.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Eskow: This may be blue-sky thinking, but it occurs to me that the progressive movement can display leadership and vision in forming that front, at a time when those qualities seem to be lacking elsewhere.
From Salon ● May 27, 2025
Right then I knew that no way, however I played, however hard I focused on the music, would I get the beautiful open big blue-sky feeling.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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