Synonyms:
utilitarian, useful
Meaning: having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
utilitarian
Meaning: someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
Usage examples
The grove served a more utilitarian purpose, however.
I sat down on a chair at the foot of an old elm with a poetic hollow, prosaically filled by a utilitarian plate of galvanised iron.
It throws light upon the clash of aims manifested in different portions of the school system; the narrowly utilitarian character of most elementary education, and the narrowly disciplinary or cultural character of most higher education.