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far fetched

far fetched is the alternative form of far-fetched.

Meaning of far-fetched

Adjective

far-fetched (comparative more far-fetched or (rare) further-fetched or (rare) farther-fetched, superlative most far-fetched or (rare) furthest-fetched or (rare) farthest-fetched)

  1. (obsolete) Brought from far away.
    • 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 […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
  2. Implausible; not likely; difficult to believe.
    • He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.

Forms of far fetched

comparativemore far fetched
superlativemost far fetched

Questions about far fetched

What is far fetched the alternative form of?
Far fetched is the alternative form of far-fetched.

Words near far fetched in the dictionary

  1. far cry
  2. Far East
  3. Far Eastern
  4. Far Eastern Federal District
  5. far far away
  6. far fetched
  7. far field
  8. far fields
  9. Far Forest
  10. far from
  11. far from it

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