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Meanings of utilitarian in English

Having a useful function.

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Usage of utilitarian in English
1
The abandoned stations in Rochester, for example, have a distinctly utilitarian feel.
The Guardian
2
Our strictly utilitarian needs from wild nature are often overplayed by environmentalists.
The Guardian
3
Initial proposals from architecture firms made these utilitarian functions much more obvious.
The Guardian
4
Nothing outside the dictates of poetry could be manufactured; nothing purely utilitarian.
Drawing Down the Moon
5
Also, it seems to regard me with something other than utilitarian attention.
The Great Book of Amber
6
Even the lines were grimly utilitarian; there seemed to be no decoration.
Islands of Space
7
The utilitarian gates were convincing evidence that Dovecote was not yet finished.
The whole world: a novel
8
But not quite all the land is treated in this utilitarian manner.
The Eve of the French Revolution
9
For nothing is done in the hive without this one utilitarian purpose.
If I May
10
And the utilitarian system, like others, has yielded to the inevitable analysis.
Philebus
11
It was a long, elegant vessel, spare and utilitarian, lights glowing warmly.
Moonfall
12
It was something the Unabomber might have cobbled together: small, boxy, utilitarian.
Riding rockets
13
The majority were motorboats, some tall and opulent, others squat and utilitarian.
She, myself & i
14
Our utilitarian morality is the offspring and adjunct of our condition here.
No Refuge but in Truth
15
I ducked down a servants' stairway to the narrow, utilitarian passages below.
Seraphina
16
Fabric Horse specializes in unique, utilitarian urban essentials rooted in bicycle culture.
BBC
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