utilitarian
Example Sentences
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Critics, meanwhile, argue his advice was narrowly utilitarian and ultimately unhelpful to society.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
I think that, for those of us who love free markets and love capitalism and understand the utilitarian good of capitalism but also the morality of capitalism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Jones said he and his colleagues gave it a utilitarian design because they wanted consumers to regard it as a tool, not a toy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
Gehry introduced clerestory windows, skylights, large exposed trusses, raw concrete floors and metal cladding, elevating the utilitarian spaces without erasing their industrial character.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
We shared the joy of being in this room, in the home of an artist, a person whose life was gracious and carefree, whose furnishings and decorations were as impractical as ours were utilitarian.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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