utter failure

collocation in English

meaningsofutterandfailure

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utter
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌt.ər/us
/ˈʌ.t̬ɚ/
complete ...
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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofutterandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofutter failure

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It was anutterfailure!
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The reality isutterfailure.
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It has proved to be a complete andutterfailure.
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It means, of course,"utterfailuremust be recorded".
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It would be a complete andutterfailure.
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It is in a state ofutterfailure.
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Almost at the same time and from the same stable there came along another combine which was anutterfailure, and has been anutterfailureever since.
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In other words, the project was a complete andutterfailure.
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It is generally known that it has been a complete andutterfailure.
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Nationalisation of the coal mines has proved to be a complete andutterfailure.
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Last time that target was set, there was anutterfailureto reach it.
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They are children of parents whose marriages have been a complete andutterfailure.
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All that has been tried and found to be a complete andutterfailure.
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That report brought out theutterfailureof the reconciliation provisions.
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That crisis is due to theutterfailureof the partition solution.
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It shows theutterfailureof our method of dealing with the problems that confront us.
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There is anutterfailureto deal with the rest of the country.
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Has not life imprisonment been the mostutterfailureas a deterrent?
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Their recentutterfailurehas compelled us to raise this matter.
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He had to admit that that policy was anutterfailure.
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I do not believe that it has been a total andutterfailure.
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The film is anutterfailure...
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Anutterfailureto understand what audiences wanted!
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Fortunately some instinct held me back from promising results because time after time my efforts resulted inutterfailure.
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