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)

(obsolete) Brought from far away.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James 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 […].
Not likely; difficult to believe.
He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.

Synonyms: outlandish, wild, impractical

Translations

not likely

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
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Belarusian: нацягнуты (nacjahnuty), прыцягнуты за вушы (prycjahnuty za vušy, literally “drawn by the ears”)
Bulgarian: невероятен (bg) (neverojaten), пресилен (bg) (presilen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 牽強／牵强 (zh) (qiānqiǎng)
Czech: přitažený za vlasy, zavlasypřitažený
Dutch: vergezocht (nl), bij de haren getrokken
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kaukaa haettu, villi (fi)
French: abracadabrant (fr), tiré par les cheveux (fr), à dormir debout (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: weit hergeholt (de), an den Haaren herbeigezogen
Greek: τραβηγμένο από τα μαλλιά (travigméno apó ta malliá)
Hungarian: valószínűtlen (hu), túlzott (hu), erőltetett (hu)
Irish: áibhéalach
Italian: strambo (it), strano (it), inverosimile (it), stiracchiato (it)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
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Occitan: de mal creire, tirat pels cabels
Polish: naciągany m
Portuguese: improvável (pt), forçado (pt) (slang)
Romanian: tras de păr
Russian: наду́манный (ru) (nadúmannyj), притя́нутый за́ у́ши (pritjánutyj zá úši, literally “drawn by the ears”)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: натегнут

Roman: nategnut (sh) m
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: forzado (es), traído por los pelos, poco probable, improbable (es), inverosímil (es), jalado de los pelos, tirado de los pelos
Swedish: långsökt (sv)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: притя́гнутий за ву́ха (prytjáhnutyj za vúxa, literally “drawn by the ears”)
Urdu: مبالغہ آمیز‎ (mubalgha Aamez)

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