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utilitarian

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  • n  someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
  • s  having a useful function
    utilitarian steel tables
  • s  having utility often to the exclusion of values
    plain utilitarian kitchenware

  • Not only does volunteer teachers serve the utilitarian purpose of teaching the under privileged children, but it also brings the well heeled volunteers face to face with stark poverty.
  • Not only does kissing serve the utilitarian purpose of providing a sample of MHC, but it also magnifies the other attraction signals--if only as a result of proximity.
  • In brains that take the utilitarian path, this part strengthens until dominant; in brains that refuse to kill one innocent to save many, it weakens until emotion has won.
News & Articles

  • Zoom on Resort: Acne, Prabal Gurung, and More
    Acne's resort 2014 collection mixed night and day elements in an odd way that worked. There were electric-blue suede flatforms with plenty of utilitarian straps paired with fluid satin gowns knotted haphazardly at the knee; silk gazar bustiers worn over a cotton-organdy parka and matching trousers. The most striking part ... More »
    June 10, 2013 - New York Magazine
Quotes

  • Marc Jacobs in AFP
    Explaining the inspiration for his collection, Jacobs said: "We decided to do something real and look at the clothes people wear in the street and in urban landscapes, things like army clothes, utilitarian clothes, jeans, parkas and wind breakers....
  • Arthur Miller in Los Angeles Times
    With the Ford Start Concept, we didn't set out to design some sort of utilitarian concept to save the world, nor were we interested in following the competitive trend toward an overly noisy design language. What we did set out to do was design a... J Mays http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Mays&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFMkLHgsB-vcAXV6Y6dyhxskdLgAg autoevolution http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.autoevolution.com/news/ford-start-concept-introduced-at-the-beijing-auto-show-19585.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF_kATMoVXLceo-y52QIHrA2HKtmA Apr 22, 2010 106826 140013 utilitarian Burns got to ask a single question and to this day can quote, to the word, how Miller replied: You see, the city is fundamentally a practical utilitarian invention and . . . suddenly you see this steel poetry sticking there . . . . It makes you...

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