utilitarianadjective
uk/ˌjuː.tɪ.lɪˈteə.ri.ən/us/juːˌtɪl.əˈter.i.ən/designed to be useful rather than decorative:
Like many factories, it's a very ugly utilitarian building.
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Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- corrective
- expedient
- favourable
- fodder
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- palliative
- productive
- profitable
- repay
- repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. idiom
- respite
- salutary
- sniff
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