as in unlikely
not likely to be true or to occur
an exciting thriller, but one with a far-fetched plot that no sensible person could believe
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Recent Examples of far-fetched
With heat records being broken year after year, and progress on emissions lagging, even the most radical climate ideas are starting to sound less far-fetched.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
The ideas may sound far-fetched and never come to fruition.
—PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
The first, against Addison Barger, was possible but far-fetched.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
And while homes under $300,000 now seem far-fetched in Charlotte, $150,000 used to be the cost of a starter home, said Yongqiang Chu, director of the Childress Klein Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
The ideas may sound far-fetched and never come to fruition.
—PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
The first, against Addison Barger, was possible but far-fetched.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
And while homes under $300,000 now seem far-fetched in Charlotte, $150,000 used to be the cost of a starter home, said Yongqiang Chu, director of the Childress Klein Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for far-fetched
unlikely
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These reasons alone might be sufficient for those who hold the shares to consider taking profits or selling some of the upside option premium, anticipating that additional upside in the near term is unlikely.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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After all, Butler’s own success—as a child of a Black family that moved West from Jim Crow Louisiana during the Great Migration—would have been considered very unlikely at the moment of her birth.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Far-fetched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/far-fetched. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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