eufunctionaladj.
/juːˈfʌŋkʃənəl/ That serves a function well.
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eufunctional1963
1963 C. J. McCall in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 420/1 The relationship is rather one of mutualism, in that it is latently eufunctional for both institutions.
1975 Gen. Systems 20 110/2 Cultural materialism can view middle-range time as internally eufunctional, not a mere elemental hodgepodge.
1990 Language in Society 19 126 Although the argument is plausible, it smacks of a somewhat simplistic eufunctional bias.
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