far-fetched
far-fetched
Definition
far·-fetched (fär′fec̸ht′)
adjective
- Archaic brought from a distance
- that is barely believable based on logical or normal thinking
far-fetched
Usage Examples
Infinitive complement
- suggest: Is it really too far-fetched to suggest that the US government does not want UN arms inspectors back in Iraq?
- say: I think it is far-fetched to say we face a threat of power shortages.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- seem: It just seemed a bit far-fetched, floating away like Noah without the animals.
- sound: It all sounds a bit too far-fetched, right?
Modifying Another Word
- somewhat: Soldiers of Gwent A last, somewhat far-fetched explanation combines the above ones.
- pretty: The stories of miracles, of prophesy, etc, are all pretty far-fetched.
- too: The settings allow for anything to be possible yet at the same time not seeming too far-fetched.
- rather: However, the latter possible errors are rather far-fetched.
- little: CNN: All of this seems a little far-fetched.
- so: A Swansea escape seems so far-fetched, however Hollins is refusing to throw in the towel.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: A Swansea escape seems so far-fetched, however Hollins is refusing to throw in the towel.
- appear: The theory that doom-laden warnings are being used to scare the public into the Labor fold appears far-fetched.
- sound: Now I know Jesus ' coming again may sound far-fetched to you.
Modifies a noun
- plot: Despite the far-fetched plot, the issues examined are concerned with the people, ideas and events of the real world.
- theory: Will Shirley manage to make people see sense and discard their far-fetched extraterrestrial theories before someone else is murdered?
- scenario: This is not by any means a far-fetched scenario.
- explanation: Soldiers of Gwent A last, somewhat far-fetched explanation combines the above ones.
- fantasy: We will be left wondering whether the trilogy was, in fact, just one hacker's far-fetched power fantasy.
- notion: This, too, seems to me to be a very far-fetched notion.
