far from

phrase

: of a distinctly different and especially opposite quality than

the trip was far from a failure

Examples of far from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the clean provenance and their New York highlife has never appeased Pooh partisans who think Fifth Avenue is much too far from the Hundred Acre Wood. — Steve Hendrix The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

Capital One is finally getting credit for a solid quarter, but the debate surrounding the credit card giant's stock is far from settled. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Not far from Stark, a woman huddled on the ground, shielded from the floodwaters by the temporary barrier. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

If researchers can reliably take advantage of these characteristics, biological computing could one day be the prime choice in applications where systems need to adapt to unfamiliar conditions in a field far from home. — Mike McRae 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1534, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for far from

• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• pisum
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• abomasum
• bum
• chum