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  • 11far-fetched — far fetchedness, farfetchedness, n. /fahr fecht /, adj. improbable; not naturally pertinent; being only remotely connected; forced; strained: He brought in a far fetched example in an effort to prove his point. Also, farfetched. [1575 85] * * * …

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  • 12far-fetched — adjective Not likely; difficult to believe; outlandish; wild; impractical. 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 [...] …

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  • 13far-fetched — index inapposite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 14far-fetched — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ The whole story …

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  • 15far-fetched — [ ,far fetʃt ] adjective difficult to believe because it is very unlikely …

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  • 16further-fetched — improbable, unlikely; over and above far fetched …

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  • 17far-fetched — adjective extremely unlikely to be true or to happen: His explanation sounds pretty far fetched to me …

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  • 18far-fetched — adjective a far fetched story about alien abduction Syn: improbable, unlikely, implausible, unconvincing, dubious, doubtful, incredible, unbelievable, unthinkable; contrived, fanciful, unrealistic, ridiculous, absurd, preposterous; informal hard… …

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  • 19far-fetched — /ˈfa fɛtʃt / (say fah fecht) adjective remotely connected; forced; strained: *it seemed a far fetched hypothesis to assume deliberate human action. –erle cox, 1925 …

  • 20far-fetched — [adj] hard to believe bizarre, doubtful, dubious, eccentric, fantastic, fishy*, forced, hard to swallow*, illogical, implausible, improbable, incoherent, inconsequential, incredible, labored, preposterous, queer, recondite, strained, strange,… …

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