far-fetched

See also: farfetched and far fetched

English

far-fetched (comparative more far-fetched, superlative most far-fetched)

(obsolete) brought from far away
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection ii:
  it may be, if like industry were used, those far fetched druggs would prosper as well with us, as in those countries, whence now we have them […].
not likely; difficult to believe
He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.

Synonyms: outlandish, wild, impractical

not likely

Occitan: de mal creire, tirat pels cabels
Polish: naciągany m
Portuguese: improvável (pt), forçado (pt) (slang)
Russian: наду́манный (ru) (nadúmannyj), притя́нутый за́ у́ши (pritjánutyj zá úši) (drawn by the ears)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: натегнут

Roman: nategnut (sh) m
Spanish: forzado (es), traído por los pelos, poco probable, improbable (es), inverosímil (es), jalado de los pelos, triado de los pelos
Swedish: långsökt (sv)
Urdu: مبالغہ آمیز‎ (mubalgha Aamez)

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