ಅರ್ಥ : Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed).
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Subterranean motives for murder.
Looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : subterranean, subterraneous
ಅರ್ಥ : Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest. Remote.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
A suggestion ulterior to the present discussion.
Without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior.