utilitarian
ਉਪਯੋਗੀ
definition
noun
Assigning particular rights to people may be a way to promote wellbeing, and when it is, utilitarians favour doing it.
an adherent of utilitarianism.
adjective
Department stores do stock lots of bras in ‘plus’ sizes, but they tend to be ugly, utilitarian and practical bras designed for an older clientele.
designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive.
a utilitarian theorist
of, relating to, or adhering to the doctrine of utilitarianism.
example
Craftsmen survived in a variety of way: by producing souvenirs rather than 'utilitarian' objects.
It's a plain, 'utilitarian' stick that does its job without calling attention to itself.
But does a democracy really have to choose to build brutish, dull, 'utilitarian' buildings when building for itself?
His sculptures misbehave, they defy convention, they turn 'utilitarian' objects and practical actions into outlandish things involving wonder and humor.
Modern philosophers tend to take a more 'utilitarian' position.
The original farmhouse was a 'utilitarian' building without much molding or other decoration.
For those unable to afford elaborately carved items or high-quality cabinetry, there was nevertheless much practical, 'utilitarian' furniture.
These traditions provide inspiration at every level - from the design of the most 'utilitarian' objects to fine art.
Department stores do stock lots of bras in ‘plus’ sizes, but they tend to be ugly, 'utilitarian' and practical bras designed for an older clientele.
It is a shopping centre, not Salisbury Cathedral, and it is always going to be a 'utilitarian' building.
Surprising though, is the toned down and rather 'utilitarian' look and shape of the accessories.
I imagined that a broadly 'utilitarian' approach to ethics was fairly standard these days.
It said the battle to save the building was lost and the site was now to be covered by flats of a 'utilitarian' design.
In England, the 'utilitarian' doctrine of a higher public good trumped the idea of intellectual property rooted in natural right.
She wore 'utilitarian' working clothes, rather than the traditional blouse and skirt.
They looked merely 'utilitarian' and sensibly designed.
Stoneware was the basic ceramic ware for 'utilitarian' objects in the nineteenth century.
The cars handle well, offering a little fun to go with their high quality and 'utilitarian' design.
I can make both moral and 'utilitarian' arguments for the classical liberal worldview.
The buildings are 'utilitarian' in nature, although they come with efficient, and some would say essential, air-conditioning.
He made a lasting contribution to moral and political philosophy by attacking the prevailing materialism and empiricism of 'utilitarian' thinkers.
The scrapers seem to have functioned primarily as 'utilitarian' items rather than prestige items.
They used these simple stacked facades for unpretentious 'utilitarian' buildings; the repeated detail lent itself to prefabrication.
The building, whose economical and 'utilitarian' design gives it an imposing solidarity, is still there, situated about 300 metres from the Bosphorus shoreline.
Grips on any handgun can be works of art or strictly 'utilitarian' objects that fulfill a need.
Assigning particular rights to people may be a way to promote wellbeing, and when it is, 'utilitarians' favour doing it.
The 'utilitarians' , who were also known as Philosophical Radicals, believed in a rather simple social formula: reduce pain and increase pleasure.
The morality of actions for 'utilitarians' was only to be judged according to their impact on the overall wellbeing or happiness of society, not the pain experienced by one group of individuals.
While it is quite clear that Adam Smith and the later 'utilitarians' did accept a general principle of equality, they never argued that all individuals actually do make rational decisions.
It is no accident then, that the 'utilitarians' were often called philosophical radicals.
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