far-flung
/ˌfɑɹˈflʌŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.33 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Distant or remote in relationship, space, or time.
adj
adj
Widely but sparsely distributed.
Example Sentences
- "God of our fathers, known of old, / Lord of our far-flung battle-line, / […] / Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, / Lest we forget—lest we forget!"
- "Introduced in the 1960s, Motorail was successful at a time when long-distance travel by car was a time-consuming process because of a lack of motorways. Services, both during the day and at night, ran to such far-flung places on the map as Penzance, Fishguard, Inverness and Fort William."
- "In the spacious laboratories and offices […] are provided not only centralised chemical research facilities for the far-flung London area, but also accommodation for the national headquarters of the B.R. Chemical Services, […]"
- "In her introductory essay, editor Carole Vance acknowledges the problem of women's status as an "understudied group." She invites both careful and far-flung conversation about sex and difference, and urges s to resist making generalizations based on an incomplete dialogue."
Etymology
From far + flung (“thrown”), suggesting something which has been thrown a long distance away from oneself.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌfɑɹˈflʌŋ/
- British English: /ˌfɑːˈflʌŋ/
Inflected Forms
more far-flung (comparative)
further-flung (comparative)
farther-flung (comparative)
most far-flung (superlative)
furthest-flung (superlative)
farthest-flung (superlative)