utilitarian

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Jones said he and his colleagues gave it a utilitarian design because they wanted consumers to regard it as a tool, not a toy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Completed in 1984, the hangar-like space blended industrial materials — metal cladding, stucco, exposed structure and utilitarian forms — with folded, sculptural masses and cheeky artistic moments.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

But as prediction markets become more popular, the companies running them are leaning into something that many observers say looks less utilitarian and more like straight-up gambling.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

Soon after, he started seeing his current partner Wang Chunxia, although Mr Junmin suggested to the paper the love was only "utilitarian" and that she hadn't "entered" his heart.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

We need daylight and to that extent it is utilitarian, but moonlight we do not need.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams