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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The team rallied to win their first Test in Australia since 2011 at the MCG in Melbourne and have now taken the final Test into a fifth day in Sydney, albeit victory looks unlikely.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, said a major drought year is unlikely given how much precipitation the state has gotten, adding that the southern part of state is seeing one of the wettest starts to any water year on record.—
Chaewon Chung
Updated January 6,
Sacbee.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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