- practical and useful; with little or no decoration synonym utilitarian
- Bathrooms don't have to be purely functional.
- The office was large and functional rather than welcoming.
- Items such as musical instruments may be both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
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- having a special purpose; making it possible for somebody to do something or for something to happen
- a functional disorder (= an illness caused when an organ of the body fails to perform its function)
- a functional approach to language learning
- These units played a key functional role in the military operation.
- (especially of a machine, an organization or a system) working; able to work
- The hospital will soon be fully functional.
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