blue-sky

[ bloo-skahy ]

/ ˈbluˈskaɪ /

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adjective

fanciful; impractical: blue-sky ideas.

(especially of securities) having dubious value; not financially sound: a blue-sky stock.

Origin of blue-sky

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby blue-sky

blue screen technology, blue shark, Blue Shield, blueshift, blue-singlet, blue-sky, blue-sky law, blue-sky thinking, bluesman, bluesnarfing, blue spirea

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Example sentences from the Web for blue-sky

The beauty of the blue-sky day ignored what had occurred 24 hours before.
The Resilient City: New York After 9/11|John Avlon|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Snubbed for the first time in all her blue-sky life–and by a boy, too!
Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl|Isabel Katherine Hornibrook
Turn a perfectly sound, entrenched business into a blue-sky factory?
The Big Tomorrow|Paul Lohrman
There are some business men who look upon psychology as "blue-sky" theorizing or "new thought."
Initiative Psychic Energy|Warren Hilton

The bluest skies of a blue-sky land curved in fathomless majesty over the yellow valley of the Santa Fé.
Vanguards of the Plains|Margaret McCarter
The blue-sky during all these centuries has tinged the shadows outdoors a bluish color.
Visual Illusions|Matthew Luckiesh

British Dictionary definitions for blue-sky

blue-sky

blue-skies

noun

(modifier) of or denoting theoretical research without regard to any future application of its resulta blue-sky project

verb -skies, -skying or -skied

to theorize (about something that may not lead to any practical application)

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单词	blue-sky
释义	blue-sky [ bloo-skahy ] / ˈbluˈskaɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR blue-sky ON THESAURUS.COM adjective fanciful; impractical: blue-sky ideas. (especially of securities) having dubious value; not financially sound: a blue-sky stock. Origin of blue-sky First recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby blue-sky blue screen technology, blue shark, Blue Shield, blueshift, blue-singlet, blue-sky, blue-sky law, blue-sky thinking, bluesman, bluesnarfing, blue spirea Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blue-sky The beauty of the blue-sky day ignored what had occurred 24 hours before. The Resilient City: New York After 9/11\|John Avlon\|September 11, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Snubbed for the first time in all her blue-sky life–and by a boy, too! Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl\|Isabel Katherine Hornibrook Turn a perfectly sound, entrenched business into a blue-sky factory? The Big Tomorrow\|Paul Lohrman There are some business men who look upon psychology as "blue-sky" theorizing or "new thought." Initiative Psychic Energy\|Warren Hilton The bluest skies of a blue-sky land curved in fathomless majesty over the yellow valley of the Santa Fé. Vanguards of the Plains\|Margaret McCarter The blue-sky during all these centuries has tinged the shadows outdoors a bluish color. Visual Illusions\|Matthew Luckiesh British Dictionary definitions for blue-sky blue-sky blue-skies noun (modifier) of or denoting theoretical research without regard to any future application of its resulta blue-sky project verb -skies, -skying or -skied to theorize (about something that may not lead to any practical application) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to blue-sky fantastic, illusory, fanciful, dreamlike, ingenious, whimsical, vivid, visionary, offbeat, artistic, extravagant, original, romantic, apparent, chimeric, chimerical, deceitful, delusive, fake, fallacious
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blue-sky

adjective

Origin of blue-sky

Words nearby blue-sky

Example sentences from the Web for blue-sky

British Dictionary definitions for blue-sky

blue-skies

noun

verb -skies, -skying or -skied

Words related to blue-sky