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Far-fetched

To be "far-fetched" is to be unrealistic

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Far-fetched means “unrealistic.” Often, you would say a story is far-fetched if you believe that it cannot possibly be true: you don’t believe it. If the Operation Car Wash scandal were just a Hollywood movie, its plot would seem far-fetched because it seems so unrealistic.

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