far gone
idiom
informal
: in a very bad, weak, or confused condition because of being sick, tired, drunk, etc.
He had been drinking for a couple of hours, so he was pretty far gone by then.
She was too far gone to understand what we were asking her.
Examples of far gone in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Hopefully, your washing machine isn’t as far gone as mine was.
—
Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
There are some very smart people who believe that California has already fallen off the fiscal cliff and that it’s too far gone to be saved.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 2 Feb. 2026
Louis is such a tough customer that Frank would sooner be assigned to the unit’s biggest skinhead — at least that guy is too far gone to hate people anymore.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
Macfadyen especially allows Guiteau to walk a challenging tightrope, discomfiting and intensely unlikable but never exactly unmoored from reality, never too far gone into easy, inhuman evil.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for far gone
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
There are some very smart people who believe that California has already fallen off the fiscal cliff and that it’s too far gone to be saved.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 2 Feb. 2026
Louis is such a tough customer that Frank would sooner be assigned to the unit’s biggest skinhead — at least that guy is too far gone to hate people anymore.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
Macfadyen especially allows Guiteau to walk a challenging tightrope, discomfiting and intensely unlikable but never exactly unmoored from reality, never too far gone into easy, inhuman evil.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for far gone
Cite this Entry
“Far gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20gone. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
