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farfetched
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective farfetched has 1 sense
- farfetched(s = adj.all) implausible - highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse"; "an implausible explanation"
CIDE DICTIONARY
farfetched, a.
- Brought from far, or from a remote place. [1913 Webster]"Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients." [1913 Webster]
- Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained; hence, implausible or improbable. [1913 Webster]
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