: remote in time or space

Examples of far-off in a Sentence

many a young person has joined the military with the hope of traveling to far-off places the impossibility of predicting what life will be like in the far-off future
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Iran has burned its fingers, and all that even nuclear weapons would bring is a new level of stand-off with Israel–which is in any case a rather far-off country that many ordinary Iranians do not regard as an enemy. Max Rodenbeck, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025 Combining the optical zoom with digital cropping allows for AI Super Zoom between 30x to 100x to allow for far-off captures. Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 15 Jan. 2025 Advertisement For one, there’s a material difference between scrolling through images of a far-off crisis and staying informed about an active disaster unfolding in your neighborhood, said Casey Fiesler, an associate professor specializing in tech ethics at the University of Colorado Boulder. Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025 For young people, this can mean that a good score might seem far-off. Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for far-off 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of far-off was in the 15th century

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“Far-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far-off. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

far-off

adjective
ˈfär-ˈȯf
: remote in time or space

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