utilitarian.

1. Prioritizing useful function over beauty or ornament.

2. Relating to an ethical theory judging actions by their overall consequences for well-being.

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Words that belong together

• utilitarian interior

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The utilitarian interior had washable walls.

A utilitarian bench filled the alcove.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Comparative more utilitarian; superlative most utilitarian where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.