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shortfetched

UK/ˈʃɔːtfɛtʃt/US/ˈʃɔɹtfɛt͡ʃt/

shortfetched 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 shortfetched

comparativemore shortfetched
superlativemost shortfetched
alternative formshort-fetched
alternative formshort fetched

Origin of shortfetched

From short + fetched.

Words that rhyme with shortfetched

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about shortfetched

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

Words near shortfetched in the dictionary

  1. shortestness
  2. shortfall
  3. shortfalling
  4. shortfallings
  5. shortfalls
  6. shortfetched
  7. shortfic
  8. shortfin
  9. shortfins
  10. shortform
  11. shortgevity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shortfetched (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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