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What does pie-in-the-sky mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word pie-in-the-sky? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (idiomatic) Lacking reality and serviceability.
  2. (idiomatic) Of a dream unlikely to ever come true; impractical, unrealizable.
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Don't allow the planners to be carried away with pretentious, pie-in-the-sky ideas which will become the rubbish-strewn embarrassments of the future.
Whereas others had said it was pie-in-the-sky, Dr. Ozin laughed with some appreciation of the beauty of the idea.
We should wait to hear what the discussions will be and ensure that we focus our work on real and important issues for European citizens, not pie-in-the-sky attitudes.
Of wars and pie-in-the-sky weapons systems?
I've been through one renovation too many know that this two-year time frame for completion is pie-in-the-sky malarkey.
Did he have advance knowledge, was it a pie-in-the-sky, never-donna-happen wild guess, or is he a wise foreteller of the future?

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