utilitarian
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The interior will be more utilitarian than luxurious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Despite the large venue and packed-in audience, Sykes created an intimate club vibe, walking onstage in a utilitarian jumpsuit and instantly bonding with the audience over just how weird things have become in present-day America.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
For you, goods and services serve a utilitarian function.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026
Critics, meanwhile, argue his advice was narrowly utilitarian and ultimately unhelpful to society.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
Only one person could have designed the outfit, at first glance utterly utilitarian, at second a work of art.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
For standard utilitarians, people are nothing more than the "containers" or "vessels" of value.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2022
For utilitarians, the only intrinsic value is happiness.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Rule utilitarians think this list of rules can be modified as needed by reexamining each one through application of the greatest happiness principle.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
According to utilitarians, rules are made to be broken, when you make people happier by breaking them.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2020
This, however, hardly gives the key to his first difference with the utilitarians, though it greatly affects his conclusions.
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen
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