- a variation of far-fetched.
farfetched
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For a team that were playing second-tier football 18 months ago, their lofty ambitions of qualifying for the Champions League suddenly don't seem farfetched.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Nvidia did not respond to a comment request but told The Information it had not seen evidence of this and "such smuggling seems farfetched".
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
Aside from the commentaries on modern motherhood and all the “help” one might get while doing it wrongly, it is pretty farfetched; trying to detail the plotline makes one realize how outlandish it is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
“As of today,” she wrote, “the Court has not adopted Idaho’s farfetched theories—but it has not rejected them either.”
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2024
The idea of the president fighting back against the young leaping and sword-fighting actor is not as farfetched as it sounds.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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