fanciful
overly imaginative and unlikely to be practical or true; whimsical
Word origin: From fancy, a contraction of fantasy, from Greek phantasia, appearance.
Fanciful in a sentence
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Critics dismissed his proposal as fanciful, arguing it ignored economic realities.
The proposal rested on fanciful assumptions about how quickly the technology would mature.
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The committee's report was praised for its candor, yet its central recommendation was so blank that administrators could cite it to justify nearly any policy they had already resolved to pursue.
Using “fanciful” well
Fanciful describes ideas governed by imagination rather than fact, often with a hint that they are impractical. It is gentler than delusional but skeptical in tone.
More GRE words starting with F
to make up something false in order to deceive
a deliberately false statement or invented account intended to mislead
a person who invents elaborate or untruthful stories
treating serious matters with inappropriate or flippant humor
achieved too easily and therefore superficial or shallow
to make an action or process easier or more achievable
a small, organized group within a larger one, especially one that is in opposition
inclined to form rival groups and provoke internal dissent
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