airy-fairy
/ˌɛːriˈfɛːri
/adjective informal, chiefly British
Impractical and foolishly idealistic: love might seem an airy-fairy, romantic concept...
- It's an airy-fairy philosophical concept that even the experts can't satisfactorily define.
- Kate tells me that there ‘is no yoga without breath ‘, and that I should think of what I am doing as ‘meditation in motion ‘, which all sounds a bit airy-fairy.
- ‘It is not going to be an airy-fairy place for a lot of violins, it's right across the board from rock music to folk,’ explained John Metcalfe.
Synonyms
impractical, unrealistic, idealistic;
unfocused, vague, fanciful, insubstantial, without substance, unconvincing
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- Bluegrass State
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- blue-green algae
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