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Grammar : Adj
Spell : fahr-fecht
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɑrˈfɛtʃt



Definition of far-fetched

Origin :
  • also far fetched, farfetched, 1560s, "brought from afar," from far + past participle of fetch. An earlier form was far fet (1530s). Figurative sense is from c.1600.
  • adj hard to believe
Example sentences :
  • To ascribe them specially to God would seem to us far-fetched.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • It is a far-fetched idea; but still it is her idea and I must submit.
  • Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
  • "Maybe my idea of asking for help wasn't so far-fetched," she said quietly.
  • Extract from : « This One Problem » by M. C. Pease
  • “A far-fetched enough parallel,” I observed coldly to Marlow.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • You may be right, of course, but it sounds kind of far-fetched to me.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • They have no reasons to give—or their reasons are far-fetched.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
  • Perhaps some will consider this interpretation too far-fetched to pass.
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
  • The issue seemed to him too far-fetched to warrant discussion.
  • Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather
  • Its moral is conventional, while the incident is too far-fetched for sympathy.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 » by Various
  • If all this sounds too far-fetched to bring about, that is because it is.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

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