remote
Other forms: remotest; remoter; remotes
Remote describes something far, far away, like a campsite way out in the woods, a distant planet, or the chance you'll win the lottery.
The Australian outback is remote, since it's hard to get to and there aren't many people there. It's also remote in the sense that it's far away from civilization. Someone with a faraway look in her eye, not answering your questions is also remote. Remote can describe something unlikely, like that lottery win. You might win, but your chances are so remote you shouldn't count on it.
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located far away spatially
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inaccessible and sparsely populatedsynonyms: outback
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separate or apart in time, space, or character
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far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship“a remote relative”“considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics”synonyms: distantfarawayfar removed mentallyloosely knithaving only distant social or legal tiesremovedseparated in relationship by a given degree of descentulteriorbeyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
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remote in manner
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very unlikely
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a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance“he lost the remote for his TV”synonyms: remote controltype of:devicean instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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