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utter stupidity
Definition
complete or total (used as an intensifier—typically when stressing how bad something is)
- 'I'm sure Detective Ducharme will make this utterly painless,' the judge said.Part 1 (36% in)
- The courtroom had gone utterly silent.Part 2 (39% in)
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- She usually let Peter's room stand in utter pigsty disarray, but as she passed by that morning, she noticed his laundry bin.Part 2 (32% in)
- She stood up, patting Peter's back the way Lacy had, wishing he would run out of steam or contract laryngitis or just simply have mercy on her utter inexperience.Part 1 (9% in)
- What's left for us? they'd said, and at the time, Lewis had not been able to understand that utter lack of hope.Part 1 (28% in)
- Diana watched Peter Houghton stumble between the hold of two sheriff's deputies and turn back to his lawyer one last time with a question on his lips that he didn't utter.Part 1 (33% in)
- Josie was caught somewhere between utter relief, knowing her mom would be sitting on the case, and absolute terror.Part 1 (78% in)
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