[General] utmost necessity

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goodstudent

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"Thank you for the complements, it is of utmost necessity"

What does utmost necessity mean?
 

MikeNewYork

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It means that something is urgent and important. It does not work in your sentence (without supporting context). In addition, your sentence is a comma splice -- two independent clauses separated by only a comma.

Learning the genetic basis of cancer is of utmost necessity.
Solving the unemployment problem is of utmost necessity.
 

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What are the complements here?
 
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