farfetched

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

farfetched
    adj 1: highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse";
           "an implausible explanation" [syn: {farfetched},
           {implausible}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Farfetched \Far"fetched`\, a.
   1. Brought from far, or from a remote place.
      [1913 Webster]

            Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and
            heterogeneous ingredients.            --Hawthorne.
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   2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or
      introduced; forced; strained; hence, implausible or
      improbable.
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