far-fetched
or far·fetched
improbable; not naturally pertinent; being only remotely connected; forced; strained: He brought in a far-fetched example in an effort to prove his point.
Origin of far-fetched
1Other words from far-fetched
- far-fetchedness, farfetchedness, noun
Words that may be confused with far-fetched
- far-fetched , far-flung, far-reaching
Words Nearby far-fetched
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How to use far-fetched in a sentence
Fortunes reversed and what was far-fetched yesterday was suddenly closer to fact.
Wrongly Imprisoned for 15 Years Thanks to an Innocence Project | Jacob Siegel | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen he first pitched it to me for The Dark Knight, I liked the thematic idea, but I found it possibly a little far-fetched.
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Nobody really expected leniency, but still there was hope because the charges against the journalists were so far-fetched.
Egyptian Court Hands Down Stiff Sentences for Al-Jazeera Journalists | Jesse Rosenfeld | June 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNot everything on OITNB needs to be shades of gray, and to say the whole thing seemed far-fetched is an understatement.
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And this sort of trouble (which I cannot avoid) unfortunately produces nothing when done but alembication and the far-fetched.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonOnly it seemed to me that these things tended in time to make the figures of speech on the signs sort of far-fetched.
The Belted Seas | Arthur ColtonHe never uses a superfluous or a far-fetched word, never indulges in flowers, word-painting, or rhetorical trickery of any kind.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 | VariousDoes that seem a little far-fetched, a little as though we were trying to prove too much, with such vague words?
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study | Edward HuttonThus far-fetched were the motives which the prince adduced to avoid touching upon the single one which really decided him.
The Revolt of The Netherlands, Complete | Friedrich Schiller
British Dictionary definitions for far-fetched
improbable in nature; unlikely
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