English
Pronunciation
Adjective
far -fetched (comparative more far-fetched , superlative most far-fetched )
( obsolete ) Brought from far away.
1621 , Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton ], The Anatomy of Melancholy, [ … ] , Oxford, Oxfordshire: [ … ] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC , partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection ii:it may be, if like industry were used, those far fetched druggs would prosper as well with us, as in those countries, whence now we have them […].
Not likely ; difficult to believe .
He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.
Synonyms: outlandish , wild , impractical
Translations
not likely
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Bulgarian: невероятен (bg) ( neverojaten ) , пресилен (bg) ( presilen )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 牽強 / 牵强 (zh) ( qiānqiǎng ) , 牵强 (zh) ( qiānqiǎng )
Czech: přitažený za vlasy , zavlasypřitažený
Dutch: vergezocht (nl)
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Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kaukaa haettu , villi (fi)
French: abracadabrant (fr) , tiré par les cheveux (fr) , à dormir debout (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: weit hergeholt (de) , an den Haaren herbeigezogen
Greek: τραβηγμένο από τα μαλλιά ( travigméno apó ta malliá )
Hungarian: valószínűtlen (hu) , túlzott (hu) , erőltetett (hu)
Irish: áibhéalach
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Italian: strambo (it) , strano (it) , inverosimile (it) , stiracchiato (it)
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Occitan: de mal creire , tirat pels cabels
Polish: naciągany m
Portuguese: improvável (pt) , forçado (pt) ( slang )
Romanian: tras de păr
Russian: наду́манный (ru) ( nadúmannyj ) , притя́нутый за́ у́ши ( pritjánutyj zá úši , literally “ drawn by the ears ” )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: натегнут
Roman: nategnut (sh) m
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: forzado (es) , traído por los pelos , poco probable , improbable (es) , inverosímil (es) , jalado de los pelos , tirado de los pelos
Swedish: långsökt (sv)
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Ukrainian: притя́гнутий за ву́ха ( prytjáhnutyj za vúxa , literally “ drawn by the ears ” )
Urdu: مبالغہ آمیز ( mubalgha Aamez )