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far-off
Distant; remote
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  1. Distant; remote
  2. Alternative spelling of far-off.
  3. Remote, either in time or space.
faraway
Abstracted; dreamy:
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  1. Abstracted; dreamy:
  2. Distant in time, place, degree, etc.
  3. Distant.
far
More distant than another:
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  1. More distant than another:
  2. Marked by political views of the most advanced or extreme nature:
  3. Far-seeing and comprehensive in thought or outlook:
out-of-the-way
Being out of the ordinary; unusual:
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  1. Being out of the ordinary; unusual:
  2. Not common; unusual
  3. (Idiomatic) Taken care of.
removed
Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent:
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  1. Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent:
  2. Of a different generation, older or younger
  3. Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
outlying
Located outside of some boundary or limit.
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  1. Located outside of some boundary or limit.
  2. Relatively remote from some central location.
  3. Relatively far out from a certain point or center; remote
secluded
Cut off from the public view; hidden, intimate, etc.
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  1. Cut off from the public view; hidden, intimate, etc.
  2. Hidden, isolated, remote.
  3. Shut off or kept apart from others; isolated; withdrawn
inaccessible
Not accessible; remote or unapproachable.
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  1. Not accessible; remote or unapproachable.
  2. Impossible to reach or enter
  3. That cannot be seen, talked to, influenced, etc.; inapproachable
isolated
Characterized by little social contact:
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  1. Characterized by little social contact:
  2. Occasional or rare:
  3. Far from others or difficult to get to; remote:
unknown
Not known; unfamiliar:
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  1. Not known; unfamiliar:
  2. Not well known or widely known:
  3. Not discovered, identified, determined, explored, etc.
alien
Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange.
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  1. Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange.
  2. Introduced to a region deliberately or accidentally by humans. Starlings, German cockroaches, and dandelions are species that are alien to North America but have become widely naturalized in the continent.
  3. Owing political allegiance to another country or government; foreign:
foreign
Situated in an abnormal or improper place in the body and typically introduced from outside:
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  1. Situated in an abnormal or improper place in the body and typically introduced from outside:
  2. Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic:
  3. Not natural; alien:
undiscovered
That has not been discovered; unknown.
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  1. That has not been discovered; unknown.
  2. That has not yet been discovered; unexplored.
off-the-beaten-track
(Idiomatic) In a place or places not commonly visited.
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  1. (Idiomatic) In a place or places not commonly visited.
over-the-hills-and-far-away
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    godforsaken
    Desolate; forlorn
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    1. Desolate; forlorn
    2. Located in a dismal or remote area.
    3. Particularly awful; very bad; miserable; terrible.
    forgotten
    Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.
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    1. Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.
    past
    Just gone by or elapsed:
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    1. Just gone by or elapsed:
    2. Having served formerly in a given capacity, especially an official one:
    3. No longer current; gone by; over:
    hoary
    Covered with grayish hair or pubescence:
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    1. Covered with grayish hair or pubescence:
    2. Gray or white with or as if with age.
    3. So old as to inspire veneration; ancient.
    aged
    Of the age of
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    1. Of the age of
    2. Having reached the age of:
    3. Characteristic of old age.
    antiquated
    No longer used or useful; obsolete, old-fashioned, out-of-date, etc.
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    1. No longer used or useful; obsolete, old-fashioned, out-of-date, etc.
    2. Aged
    3. Too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; outmoded.
    timeworn
    Trite or banal; overused or hackneyed
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    1. Trite or banal; overused or hackneyed
    2. Used too often; trite:
    3. Worn or deteriorated by long use or existence
    archaic
    Relating to or being an early form of Homo sapiens or a closely related species, such as Neanderthal, that is anatomically distinct from modern humans.
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    1. Relating to or being an early form of Homo sapiens or a closely related species, such as Neanderthal, that is anatomically distinct from modern humans.
    2. Relating to, being, or characteristic of a much earlier, often more primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of civilization:
    3. Belonging to an earlier period; ancient
    prehistoric
    Of relating to the epoch before written record.
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    1. Of relating to the epoch before written record.
    2. Of the period before recorded history
    3. Of or relating to a language before it is first recorded in writing.
    primitive
    Having evolved very little from an early type. Lampreys and sturgeon are primitive fishes.
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    1. Having evolved very little from an early type. Lampreys and sturgeon are primitive fishes.
    2. Of or relating to an early or original stage or state; primeval:
    3. Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution:
    antediluvian
    (Bible) Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.
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    1. (Bible) Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.
    2. Of the time before the biblical Flood
    3. Very old, old-fashioned, or primitive
    immemorial
    Reaching beyond the limits of memory, tradition, or recorded history.
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    1. Reaching beyond the limits of memory, tradition, or recorded history.
    2. Extending back beyond memory or record; ancient
    3. That is beyond memory; ancient.
    antique
    Of ancient times; ancient; old
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    1. Of ancient times; ancient; old
    2. Of, or in the style of, a former period
    3. Belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period:
    olden
    From or relating to a previous era.
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    1. From or relating to a previous era.
    2. (Old Poet.) Old; ancient; of old, or of former times
    3. Of, relating to, or belonging to time long past; old or ancient:
    primeval
    Of the earliest times or ages; primal; primordial
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    1. Of the earliest times or ages; primal; primordial
    2. Belonging to the first or earliest age or ages; original or ancient:
    irrelevant
    Not relevant; not pertinent; not to the point; not relating to the subject
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    1. Not relevant; not pertinent; not to the point; not relating to the subject
    2. Unrelated to the matter being considered.
    3. With evidence or testimony, not pertinent to the claims or defenses in the case. With evidence or testimony, not pertinent to the claims or defenses in the case.
    unconnected
    Not connected; separate
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    1. Not connected; separate
    2. Confused or disconnected
    3. Not connected or joined
    obscure
    Not easily understood; vague; cryptic; ambiguous
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    1. Not easily understood; vague; cryptic; ambiguous
    2. Not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague:
    3. So faintly perceptible as to lack clear delineation; indistinct:
    abstracted
    (Now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
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    1. (Now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
    2. Removed or separated from something else:
    3. Not engaged with what is going on around one; withdrawn or preoccupied.
    indirect
    Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.
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    1. Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.
    2. Not immediate; secondary
    3. Reporting the exact or approximate words of another with such changes as are necessary to bring the original statement into grammatical conformity with the sentence in which it is included:
    inappropriate
    Unsuitable or improper.
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    1. Unsuitable or improper.
    2. Not appropriate; not suitable, fitting, or proper
    exclusive
    Excluding certain people or groups, as for social or economic reasons
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    1. Excluding certain people or groups, as for social or economic reasons
    2. Given or belonging to no other; not shared or divided; sole
    3. Not accompanied by others; single or sole:
    alone
    Being without anyone or anything else; only.
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    1. Being without anyone or anything else; only.
    2. Being apart from others; solitary.
    3. Without equal or peer
    extraneous
    Coming from the outside:
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    1. Coming from the outside:
    2. Not constituting an essential or vital element or part:
    3. Unrelated to the topic or matter at hand.
    apart
    Separated; not together
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    1. Separated; not together
    2. Set apart; isolated. Used after a noun or in the predicate:
    detached
    Having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else.
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    1. Having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else.
    2. Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
    3. Standing apart from others; separate:
    aloof
    Distant or uninvolved:
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    1. Distant or uninvolved:
    2. Distant in sympathy, interest, etc.; reserved and cool
    3. Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant
    slight
    Small in size, degree, or amount:
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    1. Small in size, degree, or amount:
    2. Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail:
    3. Small, weak, or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.
    faint
    So weak as to be difficult to perceive;
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    1. So weak as to be difficult to perceive;
    2. Likely to fall into a faint; dizzy and weak:
    3. Lacking clarity or distinctness:
    improbable
    Unlikely to take place or be true.
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    1. Unlikely to take place or be true.
    2. Not likely to happen.
    3. Not probable; not likely to happen or be true; unlikely
    distant
    Coming from or going to a distance:
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    1. Coming from or going to a distance:
    2. Widely separated; far apart or far away in space or time
    3. Far removed mentally:
    far
    More distant than another:
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    1. More distant than another:
    2. Marked by political views of the most advanced or extreme nature:
    3. Far-seeing and comprehensive in thought or outlook:
    faraway
    Very distant; remote.
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    1. Very distant; remote.
    2. Distant in time, place, degree, etc.
    3. Distant.
    far-flung
    Extending over a wide area
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    1. Extending over a wide area
    2. Remote; distant.
    3. Remote or distant, in space, time or relationship.
    far-off
    Alternative spelling of far-off.
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    1. Alternative spelling of far-off.
    2. Distant; remote
    3. Remote, either in time or space.
    removed
    Remote; distant; disconnected
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    1. Remote; distant; disconnected
    2. Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
    3. Distant in relationship
    back
    Distant from a center of activity; remote.
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    1. Distant from a center of activity; remote.
    2. Of or for a time in the past
    3. Of a past date; not current:
    insular
    Suggestive of the isolated life of an island:
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    1. Suggestive of the isolated life of an island:
    2. Circumscribed and detached in outlook and experience; narrow or provincial.
    3. Like an island; detached; isolated
    isolated
    Having little or no social contact
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    1. Having little or no social contact
    2. Characterized by little social contact:
    3. Far from others or difficult to get to; remote:
    lonely
    Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
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    1. Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
    2. Of place or time, unfrequented by people; desolate.
    3. Of person, without companions; solitary.
    lonesome
    Producing such dejection:
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    1. Producing such dejection:
    2. Unhappy due to being alone; lonely
    3. Having or causing a lonely feeling
    obscure
    Not easily understood; vague; cryptic; ambiguous
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    1. Not easily understood; vague; cryptic; ambiguous
    2. So faintly perceptible as to lack clear delineation; indistinct:
    3. Not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague:
    outlying
    Located outside of some boundary or limit.
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    1. Located outside of some boundary or limit.
    2. Relatively remote from some central location.
    3. Relatively far out from a certain point or center; remote
    out-of-the-way
    Being out of the ordinary; unusual:
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    1. Being out of the ordinary; unusual:
    2. Remote or secluded.
    3. (Idiomatic) Taken care of.
    removed
    Of a different generation, older or younger
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    1. Of a different generation, older or younger
    2. Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent:
    3. Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
    secluded
    Hidden, isolated, remote.
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    1. Hidden, isolated, remote.
    2. Cut off from the public view; hidden, intimate, etc.
    3. Removed or remote from others; solitary:
    solitary
    Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
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    1. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
    2. Happening, done, or made alone:
    3. Existing, living, or going without others; alone:
    faint
    So weak as to be difficult to perceive;
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    1. So weak as to be difficult to perceive;
    2. Likely to fall into a faint; dizzy and weak:
    3. Small in degree or amount; meager:
    negligible
    Not significant or important enough to be worth considering; trifling.
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    1. Not significant or important enough to be worth considering; trifling.
    2. That can be neglected or disregarded because small, unimportant, etc.; trifling
    3. Able to be ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.
    outside
    Located away from the inside or center:
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    1. Located away from the inside or center:
    2. Leading to the outside
    3. Very unlikely; remote:
    slender
    Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim:
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    1. Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim:
    2. Small in width or girth; narrow
    3. Small or limited in amount, size, extent, etc.; meager
    slight
    Light in form or build; not stout or heavy; slender
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    1. Light in form or build; not stout or heavy; slender
    2. Small in size, degree, or amount:
    3. Small, weak, or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.
    slim
    Small in girth in proportion to height or length; slender
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    1. Small in girth in proportion to height or length; slender
    2. Small in quantity or amount; meager:
    aloof
    Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant
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    1. Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant
    2. At a distance; removed
    3. Distant in sympathy, interest, etc.; reserved and cool
    chill
    Chilly
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    1. Chilly
    2. Moderately cold; chilly:
    3. Not warm and friendly; distant:
    chilly
    Cool or cold enough to cause discomfort.
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    1. Cool or cold enough to cause discomfort.
    2. Moderately cold; uncomfortably cool
    3. Cool in manner; unfriendly
    cool
    Tending to reduce discomfort in warm or hot weather
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    1. Tending to reduce discomfort in warm or hot weather
    2. Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold:
    3. Marked by calm self-control:
    distant
    Minimally similar:
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    1. Minimally similar:
    2. Coming from or going to a distance:
    3. Cool in manner; aloof; reserved
    offish
    (Informal) standoffish
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    1. (Informal) standoffish
    2. Aloof
    3. Inclined to be distant and reserved; aloof.
    reserved
    (Not comparable) Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
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    1. (Not comparable) Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
    2. Kept in reserve; set apart for some purpose, person, etc.
    3. Designated as unavailable except for a certain purpose or user; kept in reserve:
    reticent
    Restrained or reserved:
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    1. Restrained or reserved:
    2. Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself.
    3. Silent or uncommunicative; disinclined to speak readily, often, specif., habitually so
    solitary
    (Zoology) Living alone or in pairs only:
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    1. (Zoology) Living alone or in pairs only:
    2. Happening, done, or made alone:
    3. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal.
    unapproachable
    Having no rival or equal; unmatched
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    1. Having no rival or equal; unmatched
    2. Not to be approached; inaccessible; aloof
    3. Not accessible or able to be reached
    uncommunicative
    Not communicative; tending to withhold information, opinions, feelings, etc.; reserved; taciturn
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    1. Not communicative; tending to withhold information, opinions, feelings, etc.; reserved; taciturn
    2. Tending not to communicate; not communicating.
    3. Characterized by reserve or a lack of expression:
    undemonstrative
    Not disposed to expressions of feeling; reserved.
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    1. Not disposed to expressions of feeling; reserved.
    2. Not demonstrative; giving little outward expression of feeling; restrained; reserved
    3. Not given to showing emotion or feelings; reserved or distant
    withdrawn
    Introvert.
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    1. Introvert.
    2. Emotionally unresponsive or socially detached; introverted or aloof.
    3. Withdrawing within oneself; shy, reserved, introverted, etc.
    off the beaten path (or track)
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      • Whatever it may have been in remote geological periods, it is now extremely limited both in size and numbers.

      • At a much more remote period also the great city of Lagash stood by or on its banks.

      • Now, in most places you can smoke in your car, in your home, and in remote places away from civilized people.

      • His gaze probed at the remote areas of her mind.

      • For a few seconds they gazed silently into one another's eyes--and what had seemed impossible and remote suddenly became possible, inevitable, and very near.

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