Far-fetched means so unlikely that it is hard to believe. A far-fetched excuse.
The image is something dragged in from a long way off to serve an argument. A far-fetched explanation is occasionally the true one, which is what keeps them in circulation.
1adjectivefar-fetchedSo unlikely that it is hard to believe.
“The far-fetched story turned out to be exactly right.”
far-fetched is a quality.