far-fetched
adjective
1
: brought from a remote time or place
2
: not easily or naturally deduced or introduced : improbable
a far-fetched story
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And the idea of people giving birth to themselves, as happened at the end of Men, is equally far-fetched.
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David Gilbert, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2024
To be sure, some of these hypotheticals aren't far-fetched.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
The situations discussed are not far-fetched, said Barton.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
In other words, my formerly irrational fear of suddenly losing her isn’t all that far-fetched.
—Cathryne Keller, SELF, 5 Apr. 2024
The effort to drag out the Manhattan case until after the Supreme Court addressed the immunity issue seemed particularly far-fetched.
—William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
CMOs embrace data Years ago, such a suggestion would have been far-fetched.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
Four days later, on Feb. 28, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the E.U. for a fast-track to membership — a request many European diplomats dismissed as far-fetched.
—Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
This is far-fetched; mifepristone is very safe, and Prelogar, citing one study, noted that half of the very small percentage of people who do go to an emergency room after taking it end up needing no treatment at all.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
David Gilbert, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2024
To be sure, some of these hypotheticals aren't far-fetched.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
The situations discussed are not far-fetched, said Barton.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
In other words, my formerly irrational fear of suddenly losing her isn’t all that far-fetched.
—Cathryne Keller, SELF, 5 Apr. 2024
The effort to drag out the Manhattan case until after the Supreme Court addressed the immunity issue seemed particularly far-fetched.
—William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
CMOs embrace data Years ago, such a suggestion would have been far-fetched.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
Four days later, on Feb. 28, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the E.U. for a fast-track to membership — a request many European diplomats dismissed as far-fetched.
—Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
This is far-fetched; mifepristone is very safe, and Prelogar, citing one study, noted that half of the very small percentage of people who do go to an emergency room after taking it end up needing no treatment at all.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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far-fetched
adjectiveˈfär-ˈfecht
: not easily or naturally thought of : improbable
gave some far-fetched excuse
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