utilitarian

Example Sentences

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Despite the large venue and packed-in audience, Sykes created an intimate club vibe, walking onstage in a utilitarian jumpsuit and instantly bonding with the audience over just how weird things have become in present-day America.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

The plane’s posh interior will be notably more opulent than the current Air Force One, which is known for its smaller dated domestic business-class seats and utilitarian conference rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Since the 2000s the city's planners have been preoccupied with building more utilitarian infrastructure, with new sea bridges and coastal roads, radically transforming how the city looks today.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

That’s all in the name of bringing a little humor to what would otherwise feel like a very utilitarian part of his daily routine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Here is Bertrand Russell using it to explain the movement called romanticism: The romantic movement is characterized, as a whole, by the substitution of aesthetic for utilitarian standards.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker