Far-fetched - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 far-fetched From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfar-fetchedˌfar-ˈfetched adjective    BELIEVEextremely unlikely to be true or to happen  All this may sound a bit far-fetched, but companies are already developing ‘intelligent’ homes.Examples from the Corpusfar-fetched• At the time, his ideas were considered far-fetched.• As things stand, any claim that he could muster more than 5 % seems far-fetched.• If this were an outline for a novel it would probably be rejected as too far-fetched.• This approach may seem far-fetched, and there is a danger of reading too much of significance into oral reading errors.• That possibility is not as far-fetched as it may seem from outside.• The idea of travelling to other solar systems may sound far-fetched but scientists now see it as a real possibility.• His lawyers argue that the charges are based on a far-fetched conspiracy theory.• The following story seems to be far-fetched, unreal; yet it happened. Exercises Exercises

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