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Munich Vocab: 7-L14
Usefulness
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |