| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: | bl  sk |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Unrealistic and impractical: “[The author] shows what is testable physics, what is philosphy's domain, and what is blue-sky nonsense” (Ann Finkbeiner, quoted in New York Times Book Review by Laurel Graeber October 13, 1996). 2. Having a cloudless sky; clear: a blue-sky day. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: blue-·skied, blue-·sky·ing, blue-·skies
To hold or express unrealistic or impractical views, especially in estimating something. Often used with it.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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