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Munich Vocab: 7-L14
Usefulness
Term | Definition |
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applicable | Appropriate or relevant to a situation |
expedient | (a) Convenient and self-serving rather than morally correct (b) A convenience: something used to achieve a result |
extraneous | Not essential or relevant: unrelated |
functional | (a) Able to operate; in working order (b) Intended to be useful |
futile | Not successful; without effect or result |
obsolete | No longer in use or fashion |
opportune | Well timed; occurring at an appropriate or fitting time |
pragmatic | Practical; concerned with realities and actual needs (as opposed to ideas or theories) |
relevant | Related or connected to; important in a given context |
utilitarian | Designed to be useful rather than beautiful or pleasing |