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ulterior

[ uhl-teer-ee-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

being beyond what is seen or made known; intentionally kept concealed:
Is there perhaps some ulterior agenda behind their bizarre line of reasoning?
Synonyms: undivulged, undisclosed, covert, hidden
coming at a subsequent time or stage; future; further:
Having sent the letter, the committee considered the matter dealt with and did not recommend any ulterior action.
lying beyond or outside of some specified or understood boundary; more remote:
Building this questionable website was a misuse of the school’s educational technology for purposes ulterior to learning.

ulterior

/ ʌlˈtɪərɪə /

lying beneath or beyond what is revealed, evident, or supposed
ulterior motives
succeeding, subsequent, or later
lying beyond a certain line or point

First recorded in 1640–50; from Latin: “farther,” comparative of ulter “beyond”; akin to ultrā “on the far side”; ultra-

C17: from Latin: further, from ulter beyond

Gutierrez tries unsuccessfully to insinuate that Jay was cheating on Stephanie, suggesting ulterior motives.

I think a misconception everybody has is that I had an ulterior motive.

While Baldwin is an unconvincing gay rights activist, he seems to have an ulterior motive in writing this article.

I think I have a complicated presence, where when you watch me you wonder “what are the ulterior motives?”

But some of the women on the show might have ulterior motives for taking part in The Bachelor.

According to my usual opinion, I believe I could go over that book and leave a masterpiece by blotting and no ulterior art.

But the agreements, or the ulterior consequences to which those agreements lead, may be of very different degrees of importance.

It is not improbable, indeed, that there were ulterior designs even against Havre.

The good on the other hand attracts us by its inherent goodness, not for an ulterior end.

There remained for me, then, an ulterior series of observations in order to prevent these unfavourable results.

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