utilitarian
Example Sentences
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Critics, meanwhile, argue his advice was narrowly utilitarian and ultimately unhelpful to society.
From BBC
They said the design went "beyond a utilitarian warehousing development" and approved the plan.
From BBC
The Metro report cautioned the concepts “are in the early planning stage,” so L.A. might get an extravagant walking path, a utilitarian one, or none at all.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
