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utilitarian Definition


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utilitarian
adj
    1. Intended to be useful rather than beautiful.
      Thesaurus: functional, serviceable, practical, useful, efficient, convenient; down-to-earth, pragmatic, unpretentious; Antonym: decorative.
    2. Concerned too much with usefulness and not enough with beauty; strictly or severely functional.
    3. Relating to or characterized by utilitarianism.
noun
    1. A believer in utilitarianism.
Etymology: 18c: from utility.



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