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pie-in-the-sky

noun as in fantastical wish

adjective as in unrealistic

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Example Sentences

“Your EPA is targeting Kentucky coal with pie-in-the-sky regulations,” she says in a message to the president.

I've been through one renovation too many know that this two-year time frame for completion is pie-in-the-sky malarkey.

We were called communists, imperialists, fascists, and (our favorite) "pie-in-the-sky open-border elitists."

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On this page you'll find 98 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pie-in-the-sky, such as: abstract, fanciful, grandiose, idealistic, illusory, and lofty.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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