Superlative for designed to be useful or practical (rather than attractive)
“Wooden furniture units were the hottest items on the list, and were valued for their good looks as well as their utilitarian value.”
Superlative for built to be durable or long-lasting
“The building, whose economical and utilitarian design gives it an imposing solidarity, is still there, situated about 300 meters from the Bosphorus shoreline.”
Superlative for very plain or unadorned in looks or design
“Why should settings for playful relaxation be so often boringly utilitarian?”
Superlative for having nothing to do with sentimentality or romantic idealism
“Beccaria's utilitarian ideas on crime, punishment, and criminal law became known as the classical school of criminology.”
Superlative for beneficial or being of advantage in a given circumstance
Superlative for a basic, functional and lean adjective for something simplified to its essential elements
Superlative for being in a healthy and functional state
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