Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Extremely unconventional.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective informal strikingly unconventional.
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- adjective Very
unusual ,eccentric orunconventional
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective informal terms; strikingly unconventional
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Examples
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She explores her far-out ideas through a series of ordinary as well as extraordinary gestures, resulting in amazingly inventive artworks.
Edward Goldman: Dressed to Kill For Edward Goldman 2011
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She explores her far-out ideas through a series of ordinary as well as extraordinary gestures, resulting in amazingly inventive artworks.
Edward Goldman: Dressed to Kill For Edward Goldman 2011
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I tend to be impatient with magic realism, but this sounds far-out enough to allow me to suspend disbelief effectively.
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She explores her far-out ideas through a series of ordinary as well as extraordinary gestures, resulting in amazingly inventive artworks.
Edward Goldman: Dressed to Kill For Edward Goldman 2011
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Or are you a fan of CSI's more far-out cases like those plushies and furries from season four?
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This is the paultard wing that has all the overlap with far-out leftist nuts Paul caters too.
Yes, because ‘Pot-growing, Anti-Bush Troofer [AND REGISTERED DEMOCRAT]‘ = Right-winger. | RedState 2010
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Usually I have pretty far-out stupidly extravagant dreams that don't bother me, and I think how awesome it was for my unconscious brain to come up with that.
Archive 2009-02-01 zombietron 2009
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Usually I have pretty far-out stupidly extravagant dreams that don't bother me, and I think how awesome it was for my unconscious brain to come up with that.
Way to go, brain zombietron 2009
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This is the paultard wing that has all the overlap with far-out leftist nuts Paul caters too.
Yes, because ‘Pot-growing, Anti-Bush Troofer [AND REGISTERED DEMOCRAT]‘ = Right-winger. | RedState 2010
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I'm sure the wingnuts have a full barrage lined up and ready to fire -- Joe Scarborough was citing her "far-out" rulings this morning -- but that's what they've been gearing up for since before Souter announced his retirement: they were going to be against anyone President Obama nominated just as an autonomic response.
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