far-fetched

[fahr-fecht] / ˈfɑrˈfɛtʃt /

ADJECTIVE

hard to believe

Synonyms

WEAK

bizarre doubtful dubious eccentric fantastic fishy forced hard to swallow illogical implausible improbable incoherent inconsequential incredible labored preposterous recondite strained strange suspicious unbelievable unconvincing unlikely unnatural unrealistic

Antonyms

WEAK

believable natural plausible realistic

Example Sentences

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The idea seems far-fetched because we tend to treat artists as isolated specimens.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the thing is, if I told her the truth, how I got into all of this, she’d accuse me of exactly that— imagining myself in some far-fetched spy drama.

From Literature

Does thinking of Martin Luther King Jr. as a game theorist sound far-fetched?

From The Wall Street Journal

Perhaps it wouldn’t be so far-fetched to say that us Bengalis have an ingrained adoration for Payesh.

From Salon

This may sound far-fetched to Americans, but these are now part of Europe’s most vivid nightmares.

From Barron's

far-fetched

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