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Utilitarian

Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art.

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Functional 84% connected

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

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Functional 84% connected

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

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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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Utile 84% connected

Profitable; useful.

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Utile 84% connected

Profitable; useful.

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Moralist 76% connected

One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Useful 74% 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…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Useful 74% 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…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Usefulness 74% connected

The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

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Usefulness 74% connected

The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

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Utility 74% connected

The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the u…

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Utility 74% connected

The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the u…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Useful 92% 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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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