ulterior
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7.7
- adjective
- /ʌlˈtɪəriər/
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oculto
- His light brown eyes were open and frank now, and held no hint of ulterior motive.
- ulterior motive
- ulterior motives
- ulterior motivation
There can't possibly be an ulterior motive behind his transition.
- There can't possibly be an ulterior motive behind his transition.
- Reed was doing this not with some ulterior motive.
- Listen, I'm not comfortable with lacing our friendship with ulterior motives.
- Couldn't pure insight have an ulterior agenda?
- I think that they had ulterior motives, you know, to want the industry to reshape itself by going through this pain.
- It removes the guesswork of ulterior motives.
- And a lot of times we read the comments and people think that we are have some kind of ulterior goal, which we don't.
- I think, I think that especially teenagers, they can sniff out ulterior motives or if you're not being genuine.
- thinking or saying is is truly meaningful and not and not out, you know, not the no ulterior motives there.
- So I don't assume that there's some kind of an ulterior motive with, with educators that I think some parents might, might start to assume.
- This guy has an ulterior motive and it is to suck Donald Trump's Dick and to suck Elon Musk's Dick and to earn money.
- I always had this interior ulterior motive and I was wondering why I didn't have a relationship with my first daughter.
Examples
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I hope he doesn't have an ulterior motive for being here.
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Many of the employees at the Mansion on the Hill had ulterior motives.
Fiction book (1997) -
I think I should explain my ulterior motive at this point.
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I, uh, I had an ulterior motive to bring you out here.
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To be honest, I did have a slightly ulterior motive.
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My pleasure, but to be honest, I did have a slightly ulterior motive here.
Fiction book (1996) -
- What's not easy for me is to believe that you have no ulterior motive.
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Well, we're just a touch concerned that you may have ulterior motives.
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Have you ever had ulterior motives for making a move on a man?
Fiction book (1999) -
He had an ulterior motive for helping her, but he kept it a secret.
Synonyms
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7.4
Hidden and not openly shown
Being hidden and not openly shown, like secret feelings or plans
Antonyms
How Hidden
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ulterior comes from a Latin root like ultra that means 'beyond'. So an ulterior motive is a reason that lies beyond what someone says and is hidden or secret.