utilitarian

It’s so thrilling to me how someone like Junya Watanabe comes up with his designs or how Sacai turns utilitarian clothing into something you wouldn’t expect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

That book led Keynes to reject the utilitarian outlook that, according to Skidelsky, dominated “the mainstream economics of his day and our own.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Even as someone who works in food, my first meal of the day tends to veer utilitarian, including on weekends, when I may not eat it until 10 or 11.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

In contrast, Wilson - often anchored by his ever-present pipe and Gannex coat - was famed for a pragmatic, utilitarian wardrobe that defined the "cloth-cap" socialism of the 1960s and 70s.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

In one upper pocket of his jacket was arrayed a variety of pens and pencils; in the other nestled a lily-white handkerchief whose presence was more decorative than utilitarian.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

For standard utilitarians, people are nothing more than the "containers" or "vessels" of value.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2022

For utilitarians, which consequences must be considered when determining the rightness of an action?

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

According to utilitarians, we have a moral obligation or responsibility to choose the action that produces the most happiness.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

According to utilitarians, rules are made to be broken, when you make people happier by breaking them.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2020

They fell into the fallacy of which I have spoken; and many radicals, utilitarians, and others have followed them.

From Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies by Sir Leslie Stephen