inutilitarian

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English

Etymology

From in- +‎ utilitarian.

Adjective

inutilitarian (comparative more inutilitarian, superlative most inutilitarian)

  1. useless
    • 1853, Thomas Toke Lynch, Essays on some of the forms of Literature, page 29:
      Poetry has then its weedage plenteous and pestilent. Yet count not the thousand apparently inutilitarian charms and sweetnesses, as parts of this weedage: a wreath of roses has its own worth no less than a sheaf of corn.