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Functional

Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

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Practical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Practical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Serviceable 84% connected

Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.

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Serviceable 84% connected

Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.

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Structural 84% connected

Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.

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Structural 84% connected

Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.

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Useful 84% connected

Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpo…

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Useful 84% connected

Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpo…

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Utilitarian 84% connected

Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincin…

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Utilitarian 84% connected

Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincin…

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Function 66% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Function 66% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Purpose 66% connected

That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure…

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Purpose 66% connected

That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure…

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Role 66% connected

A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of phila…

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Role 66% connected

A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of phila…

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Use 66% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Use 66% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Function 66% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Serviceable 66% connected

Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.

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Serviceable 66% connected

Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.

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Operable 92% connected

Practicable.

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Operative 92% connected

Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.

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Running 92% connected

of Run

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Usable 92% connected

Capable of being used.

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Working 92% connected

of Work

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Antonym 2

Organic 94% connected

Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure…

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Organic 94% connected

Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure…

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