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utility

[yoo-til-i-tee] / yuˈtɪl ɪ ti /
NOUN
serviceableness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
service
STRONG
account adequacy advantage advantageousness applicability appropriateness avail benefit convenience efficacy efficiency expediency favor fitness function point practicality productiveness profit relevance serviceability use usefulness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inutility
STRONG
disadvantage hindrance inappropriateness inefficiency loss unsuitability uselessness weakness

Example Sentences

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It can have limited utility in wholly new territory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

They stuck together through their 1981 World Series championship season, after which Lopes was traded to the Oakland Athletics for Lance Hudson, a utility player who never made the major leagues.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The new law permanently provides full expensing, allowing businesses to immediately deduct the full cost of new investments, just as they do for labor or utility costs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Friends and loved ones continued to comb the area for signs of Cynthia, searching creeks and sewer drains and putting up flyers on utility poles.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

She alighted on a utility pole that held a transformer.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George