utilitarian
adjective/juˌtɪlɪˈtɛriən/
Frequency rank: #12,466 most common English word
Meaning
designed to be useful and practical rather than attractive or luxurious.
Example sentence
The furniture in the office was purely utilitarian, with no decorative elements at all.
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