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utter

[uht-er] / ˈʌt ər /




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“The worst possible outcome for a creative person is utter irrelevance,” Soderbergh says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

And then there’s the utter, and largely ignored, collapse of the little sphere we exist on.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

"I don't think Northern Ireland wants to be anywhere near the high lists in relation to this issue but we always have to remember that every single death is an utter tragedy," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Every investor knows the four most expensive words they can utter are “it’s different this time”—and it’s unlikely that memory makers can entirely leave their cyclical history behind.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

There was an air of utter loneliness upon her, that would have moved me to pity though she had wilfully done me a deeper injury than I could charge her with.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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