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The phrase "an act of utter" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to determine its correctness in written English.
It could be used in contexts where you are describing a complete action or behavior that is extreme or total in nature, but it needs to be followed by a noun to clarify its meaning.
Example: "His outburst was an act of utter defiance against authority."
Alternatives: "a complete act of" or "an act of total".
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That would be an act of utter political folly.
It is an act of utter neglect and cruelty.
"Quite why you committed an act of utter folly is difficult to define.
This was not a conspiracy – it was an act of utter despair.
The Human Rights Law Centre, which secured the court decision, criticised the move as an act of "utter bad faith".
This is an act of utter despair by people who believe they have run out of any other options.
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Outside the court, Wilkie said the prosecution was "an act of complete and utter bastardry" designed to send a message to other witnesses to crimes by the state not to speak up.
This was an act of pure and utter self-indulgence.
In a third act of utter lunacy, the guests escape after a horrid breakfast; Mr. Tresnjak creates laughs here that may never have been there in the first place.
But even among outsiders, the fatwa has different interpretations: a sign of weakness or cleverness; an act of rationality or utter cynicism about mixing affection and politics.
Much of it is obscure to modern scholars, but it seems to appeal to a distinction between a mental act of asserting and a vocal act of uttering a proposition.
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