ulterior motive
nounDefinitions
An alternative or extrinsic reason for doing something, especially when concealed or when…
An alternative or extrinsic reason for doing something, especially when concealed or when differing from the stated or apparent reason.
- There lurks no bribe in the smell and beauty of the flower. Its charm has no ulterior motive.
- The poet is a man without a profit or any other kind of ulterior motive.
- I have an ulterior motive, of course. I want a progress report on the catalog. You've been so mysterious about the whole thing, people are starting to talk.
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No curated loop yet for ulterior motive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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