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short fetched

UK/ˈʃɔːtfɛtʃt/US/ˈʃɔɹtfɛtʃt/

short fetched is the alternative form of short-fetched.

Meaning of short-fetched

Adjective

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

  1. (obsolete) shallow
  2. (Oceanography) starting close to shore, shallow, recently formed
  3. (humorous, by analogy with far-fetched) very likely, easy to believe, obvious

Forms of short fetched

comparativemore short fetched
superlativemost short fetched
alternative formshort-fetched
alternative formshortfetched

Origin of short fetched

From short + fetched.

Words that rhyme with short fetched

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about short fetched

What is short fetched the alternative form of?
Short fetched is the alternative form of short-fetched.
How do you pronounce short fetched?
Short fetched is pronounced /ˈʃɔːtfɛtʃt/ (UK).

Words near short fetched in the dictionary

  1. short ess
  2. short esses
  3. short exact sequence
  4. short exact sequences
  5. short eyes
  6. short fetched
  7. short file name
  8. short file names
  9. short filename
  10. short filenames
  11. short film

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Adapted from Wiktionary: short fetched (page history and authors); short-fetched (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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