utter disgrace

collocation in English

meaningsofutteranddisgrace

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utter
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌt.ər/us
/ˈʌ.t̬ɚ/
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disgrace
noun[U]
uk
/dɪsˈɡreɪs/us
/dɪsˈɡreɪs/
embarrassment and the loss of other people's respect, or behaviour that ...
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(Definition ofutteranddisgracefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofutter disgrace

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The proposal is anutterdisgraceto the otherwise normal and sensible people who are promoting it.
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At a moment when you are conscripting young men to defend this land, speculations in the value of land are anutterdisgrace.
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In our current circumstances that is anutterdisgrace.
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It and its facilities are an absolute andutterdisgrace, as are the transport services to get people there.
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If that is what she is suggesting, it is anutterdisgrace.
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I think that many people agree with me that the condition of some of our coastal waters is anutterdisgrace.
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What has happened to our northern shipyards is anutterdisgrace.
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I regard what happened over the first reorganisation of local government as anutterdisgrace.
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There is no doubt that our railways are anutterdisgrace.
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These laws are anutterdisgraceand require immediate overhaul.
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It is a totally unacceptable situation and anutterdisgrace.
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It is an intolerable situation and anutterdisgrace.
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It is anutterdisgrace, in a time of world food shortages, for that to happen.
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It is anutterdisgracefor the provision of accident and emergency services in our city.
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The seat-mile costs on the competing airlines there should shame every other sphere of aviation in the world intoutterdisgrace.
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That is anutterdisgraceand no public service should be allowed to get away with it.
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It is a sheer andutterdisgraceto the people who must use it every day to go to work.
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However, it is still anutterdisgracethat we expect thousands of people to travel on that line.
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If the figure in the article is correct, it is anutterdisgrace.
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To pack up and go, to abandon the ship after only two hours, is a total andutterdisgrace.
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