pipedream

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A form of pipe dream — A desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work; a near impossibility.

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nounpipedream (plural pipedreams)

plural pipedreams

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pipe dream.

    It's being done now. It's not a future pipedream. Finish it.

    2025 October 1, Philip Haigh, “TRU has the credentials to improve rail in the North”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 43
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APA

pipedream. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipedream

MLA

“pipedream.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipedream. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pipedream,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipedream.

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