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

Completed in 1984, the hangar-like space blended industrial materials — metal cladding, stucco, exposed structure and utilitarian forms — with folded, sculptural masses and cheeky artistic moments.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

But as prediction markets become more popular, the companies running them are leaning into something that many observers say looks less utilitarian and more like straight-up gambling.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

But oatmeal, of all things, feels like a balm for that guilt: a utilitarian canvas worthy of a little luxury.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

They were set in small grassless plots littered with broken things, bricks, planks, crockery, things of a once utilitarian value.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner