far-fetched

See also: farfetched and far fetched

English

Alternative forms

• far fetched, farfetched

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛtʃt

Adjective

far-fetched (comparative more far-fetched, superlative most far-fetched)

1. (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 […].

2. Not likely; difficult to believe.

   He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.

   Synonyms: outlandish, wild, impractical

Translations

not likely

• 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)
• Finnish: kaukaa haettu
• French: abracadabrant (fr), tiré par les cheveux (fr)
• German: weit hergeholt (de), an den Haaren herbeigezogen
• Greek: τραβηγμένο από τα μαλλιά (travigméno apó ta malliá)
• Irish: áibhéalach
• 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)
• Russian: наду́манный (ru) (nadúmannyj), притя́нутый за́ у́ши (pritjánutyj zá úši) (drawn by the ears)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: натегнут

  Roman: nategnut (sh) m

• Spanish: forzado (es), traído por los pelos, poco probable, improbable (es), inverosímil (es), jalado de los pelos, triado de los pelos
• Swedish: långsökt (sv)
• Urdu: مبالغہ آمیز (mubalgha Aamez)