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BLUE-SKY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue-sky mean?
• BLUE-SKY (adjective)
The adjective BLUE-SKY has 1 sense:
1. without immediate commercial value
Familiarity information: BLUE-SKY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without immediate commercial value
Context example:
the company cannot afford to do blue-sky research
Similar:
noncommercial (not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises)
Context examples
This is not a time for blue-sky ideas, but rather a time for living up to your promises and completing the job on time and on budget.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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