utter rubbish

collocation in English

meaningsofutterandrubbish

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utter
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌt.ər/us
/ˈʌ.t̬ɚ/
complete ...
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rubbish
noun[U]
uk
/ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/us
/ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/
UK
waste material or things that are no longer wanted ...
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(Definition ofutterandrubbishfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofutter rubbish

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The argument that if the workers forgo their wage increases the amount involved will automatically go to old-age pensioners isutterrubbish.
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Some of the losses we have seen can be understood, but that statement wasutterrubbish.
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My only comment is that that isutterrubbish.
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The idea that the reforms have created a tiered system of health treatment that did not exist before isutterrubbish.
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That isutterrubbish, whether it be the total prison population or the detention rate per 100,000.
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There are those who believe theutterrubbishthat people who smoke one or two cigarettes a year are doing harm to themselves.
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That isutterrubbishand it does a disservice to companies that operate overseas.
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For those of you who do not know that word it means complete andutterrubbish.
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Will he now acknowledge that his claim three weeks ago that business taxes have come down was complete andutterrubbish?
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What you are saying is complete andutterrubbish.
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It is notutterrubbish; it is far worse than that.
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However, this one is complete andutterrubbish.
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That isutterrubbish, when investment is running at record level.
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Every line of the motion can be shown to beutterrubbish.
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I think that talk is absolute andutterrubbish, because the people we hear it from are usually the people who want to put the brakes on integration.
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It isutterrubbishin constitutional terms.
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That is absolute andutterrubbish.
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But the idea of shop stewards and a trade union of prisoners within the prison itself is, if one thinks about it,utterrubbishand contemptible.
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I tell you that isutterrubbish, we need uranium for nuclear power, and we have to import that as well, so let us just be clear on that point!
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That is complete andutterrubbish.
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