1
: of or relating to or advocating utilitarianism
2
: marked by utilitarian views or practices
3
a
: of, relating to, or aiming at utility
b
: exhibiting or preferring mere utility
spare utilitarian furnishings
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Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
Aaron Young’s weathered tire swing dangling from a 24-karat gold chain; Rich Aybar’s cocooning, low-slung rubber chair; and Mr. Liz Hopkins’ otherworldly fiberglass and resin lamp, for example, elevate the utilitarian through memory and wonder.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2024
Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
The concrete seawall could only have been a few decades old, and the municipal buildings had a familiar utilitarian air.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Taschen left the reimagining of the ranch house entirely in the hands of Pardo, with no preconceived conceptual directive and no prescribed program beyond the utilitarian.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
Aaron Young’s weathered tire swing dangling from a 24-karat gold chain; Rich Aybar’s cocooning, low-slung rubber chair; and Mr. Liz Hopkins’ otherworldly fiberglass and resin lamp, for example, elevate the utilitarian through memory and wonder.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2024
Adjective
In such utilitarian areas, those with short, dense fibers are more durable than ones containing longer, looser fibers.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
The concrete seawall could only have been a few decades old, and the municipal buildings had a familiar utilitarian air.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Utilitarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/utilitarian. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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