The word "utilitarian" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an adjective meaning "relating to the belief that actions should be useful and practical, rather than made for their aesthetic value or traditional importance". You can use it in many contexts, such as describing a lifestyle or an object. Example sentence: His utilitarian apartment was filled with functional furniture rather than aesthetic pieces.
It was a protest against the narrowing of horizons; a protest against Lib Dem hypocrisy; a protest against the increasingly utilitarian approach to human life that sees degrees as nothing but "investments" by individuals, and denies any link between education and the broader social good.
To ignore the very reasonable and utilitarian calls of the missing girls' parents, and other Nigerians for foreign assistance because the US government's interests are probably not purely humanitarian is absurd.
To the long list of London bridges – the beautiful, the utilitarian and the less than stable – could soon be added a crossing that is green, pleasant and thronged by birds and bees – as well as locals and tourists.
But even leaving that aside, and leaving aside the effects on the child – the insecurity, the breach of trust, the corrosion of your own relationship in pure utilitarian terms; what child am I creating to send out into the world?
The house, which Hockney bought in the late 1970s, is tucked behind utilitarian grey gates that give little hint of the wonderland beyond them.
Talk to a banker, and they'll tell you that utilitarian approach goes both ways: clients these days are distrustful and turn to banks simply to execute or to provide them with very situation-specific advice or services.
This was a purely utilitarian move: Serbia needs to be seen to be cooperative to secure green light from EU members to open accession talks by January.
The parents concerned were indeed distressed (and have been suing for compensation), but the utilitarian arguments for changing the law are strong ones.
Instead, he took against them because they were so wedded to the idea of happiness.The economists of his day took their cue from Jeremy Bentham and his "utilitarian" philosophy.
Many modern universities were created expressly on these utilitarian grounds.
No contrast greater to Bennett's preciousness can be imagined, though both undercut the notion of ceramics as merely a utilitarian craft.As the high drama of Abstract Expressionism gave way to the cool irony of Pop, ceramic artists followed suit.
