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rank

adjective [before noun] (EXTREME)
 
 
/ræŋk/

Definition

(especially of something bad) complete or extreme: It was rank stupidity to drive so fast on an icy road. The horse that won the race was a rank outsider.Very and extremeComplete and wholeIntensifying expressions
(Definition of rank adjective (EXTREME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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