utilitarianin a sentence
utilitarian as in: utilitarian furniture
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She likes plain utilitarian kitchenware.utilitarian = designed for usefulness rather than beauty or style
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She is proud of on not letting her feelings distract from practical, utilitarian considerations.utilitarian = concerned with usefulness
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They were also impressive by their suggestion of something practical, utilitarian, and remote from sentiment.† (source)
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My parents had raised me to recognize that automobiles are there to get you from point A to point B. They are utilitarian devices, not expressions of social status. (source)utilitarian = designed for usefulness rather than beauty, style, or status
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Inside was a utilitarian wooden building, and a field of corn. (source)utilitarian = concerned with usefulness rather than beauty or style
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[regarding her favorite word] "I guess I've been living off words for so long it's hard to think about them beyond what's utilitarian." (source)utilitarian = useful (rather than beautiful or aesthetic)
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Surely such a utilitarian occupation as the watering of flowers is rather Moulton's duty than yours? (source)utilitarian = useful, but without style
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For example, prompted by the sight of the star inserted in the Victory's quarter-deck designating the spot where the Great Sailor fell, these martial utilitarians may suggest considerations implying that Nelson's ornate publication of his person in battle was not only unnecessary, but not military, nay, savored of foolhardiness and vanity.† (source)utilitarians = people who have a philosophy that in some manner wants to maximize usefulness of actions
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As cultural ecologist Paul Shepard has observed, "The nomadic Bedouin does not dote on scenery, paint landscapes, or compile a nonutilitarian natural history…." (source)nonutilitarian = designed for beauty or style rather than usefulnessstandard prefix: The prefix "non-" in nonutilitarian means not and reverses the meaning of utilitarian. This is the same pattern you see in words like nonfat, nonfiction, and nonprofit.
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It's plain, assertive, without pretensions to grace, like a railway clock: utilitarian.† (source)utilitarian = concerned with usefulness rather than beauty or style
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It was painted a utilitarian green, but it was sturdy and well maintained.† (source)
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Where the rest of our complex was beautifully decorated and maintained— manicured Japanese gardens next to the gym and spa, an indoor waterfall at the entrance, twenty-four-seven security guards—the basement was decidedly utilitarian.† (source)
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But the extraordinary satisfactions of the steamy bathroom seemed to have evaporated as she shut the door, and the washing of her clothes, watching the turbid water flow from them down the drain of the bathtub, was disappointingly utilitarian.† (source)
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It was too tall, she would think, too unshapely, too ....utilitarian.† (source)
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Langdon followed him to the top of the stairs, into another corridor, and then through an unmarked door into a utilitarian hallway.† (source)
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Hiro's been around the Metaverse long enough to know that despite the bright cheery appearance of this thing, it is, in fact, as simple and utilitarian as an Army camp.† (source)
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