Sentences with phrase «so utilitarian»

Old naval pendants make an ideal beach - house light fixture — so utilitarian, yet fabulous and nautical.

In the picture with the bottles... I love how they look so utilitarian in shape but have the fancy scrollwork on the labels.

Its so utilitarian.

«With its new, aerodynamically optimized shape, the styling is a major step forward in the evolution of the SUV — retaining its people and cargo hauling utility without looking quite so utilitarian,» said Castignetti.

Yeah, it doesn't have a solid rear axle and leaf springs, but it does have just about everything else that has made SUVs so utilitarian and lovable since the 1950s.

A buddy got the X3, and we thought it was the perfect size, but just so utilitarian looking.

They make me feel like I'm maybe going to dig up some dinosaur bones or host a guided tour of the African safari — So utilitarian.

I've never once felt an ounce of shame in the fact that I am so utilitarian about my breasts now.

It is so utilitarian to think otherwise.

Not exact matches

On purely utilitarian grounds, it is desirable to have a higher proportion of economic growth going to low and middle - income Canadians, so long as the policies to get us there do not reduce the growth rate of the economy.

The Seagate Seven looks like it belongs on the inside of your computer, due to its utilitarian casing that hugs the 5 mm drive inside so tightly that the total thickness is only 7 mm.

Not many ex-Communists in fact posed this question, because to do so would be to undermine the presupposition that binds Marxism with all modern forms of moral calculation; «the utilitarian attention to consequences rather than to actions themselves is liable to lead to a continuous evaluation of the present only as it leads on to some future.»

The preference utilitarian is concerned not so much with pain and pleasure as with allowing people to satisfy as many of their preferences as possible.

So long as the prevailing view is that they are not necessarily wrong, public policy in a pluralistic system must be indifferent to any beliefs that can not be independently supported by rational (utilitarian) argument.

Personally, for instance, I would contend that deliberately induced abortion is wrong and that that conclusion can be reached on the basis of «utilitarian» (i.e., natural law) analysis; my arguments, however, would not be so clear that no sincere person could reject them without being suspected of perversity.

Yet even the cultural interest from Solomon's time onward continued to be, so our too meager evidence would indicate, largely utilitarian.

Is the biological matter that constitutes a human being so intrinsically devoid of value and meaning that it is permissible to use this material for some mundane and utilitarian purpose?

A fourth argument has to do not so much with meaning or validity or doctrine as with the utilitarian and prudential question of what to do.

At the end of the day there are no cosmic truths, and so we default to the immediacy of desire, unless practical or utilitarian concerns limit us.

Utilitarian individualism had perhaps never before been so divested of its ideological and religious façade, never before recognized in all its naked destructiveness.

While they must live and cope with realities of ontological import daily — suffering, love, death, the meaning or meaninglessness of their existence — they do so from an almost exclusively pragmatic and utilitarian perspective.

It makes so much sense to have a beautiful, utilitarian object that serves a specific purpose and can accompany you throughout the years.

Hard to say, but it's so generic that it actually looks cool, and gets across some of the beer's utilitarian appeal.

So since we spend so much time in the bathroom, we have decorated our space a bit to give the room a less utilitarian, and more homey feeSo since we spend so much time in the bathroom, we have decorated our space a bit to give the room a less utilitarian, and more homey feeso much time in the bathroom, we have decorated our space a bit to give the room a less utilitarian, and more homey feel.

To do so was not ignoble, yet the Lib Dems seem degraded by power, all the joy and innovation of their 2010 manifesto transformed into bleakly utilitarian calculation or platitudes about equality.

These days, the best VR set - ups tend to be utilitarian, so there isn't so much opportunity to enjoy aesthetic virtual worlds.

Since it's very difficult to hide anything at all in so little square footage, we've also tried to make sure that most of our utilitarian items (brooms, storage containers, etc.) are also nice to look at!

I think outerwear decreased so much (7 down from 13 last year) because I didn't put my utilitarian outerwear in my Stylebook app and I've been getting rid of my least worn items.

Compared to the many Eighties - inspired, sci - fi - flavored, and heavily utilitarian collections we have seen so far, Etro's one - of - a-kind fall 2018 collection is unforgettable and striking, for sure.

So if you're just running errands around town, I'd recommend offsetting it with something heavier — slightly utilitarian but still fun.

I remember when sweatshirts used to be so plain and utilitarian looking but since they gotten a stylish upgrade, I consider them a staple in my closet as well especially since they're so darned comfortable as well.

There's something so awesome about tricking out a utilitarian cargo - green puffer with a super-soft faux - fur collar.

I wasn't sure how much I'd wear this skirt but it's so comfy and the utilitarian tan colour makes it somehow less fancy, which I love.

For a warm day spent in the so - called Noord - Brabant Sahara, I paired my dark blue utilitarian item with a pair of Hunter boots.

It's great to be able to play so many different modes online but after experiencing the awesomely seamless online implementation in Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator; the interface here is very bare - bones and strictly utilitarian.

On the other, even the BAFTAs, which collectively bore The King's Speech's children over the weekend, passed on giving it a lensing award, so maybe fans of its utilitarian, only occasionally off - kilter compositions are truly few.

We've seen a couple of different outfits for Lara Croft in the upcoming trailers for Rise of the Tomb Raider, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Collector's Edition statuette features her most utilitarian outfit by far: a winter coat, scarf, boots, and a pair of khakis that isn't even form - fitting.

Gauld says that so long as these obligations apply only to the kids and not to the whole adult community, and so long as «character» is understood in such narrow and utilitarian terms, the results are bound to be superficial.

While the boxy utilitarian styling may be gone, so is much of the Disco's muffin top.

Palmer House is one of his so - called Usonian homes, which is what he dubbed his approach to the affordable and utilitarian design ethos of American homes in the years after World War II, when houses were being quickly and cheaply built for returning soldiers.

Naturally, a compact sports sedan won't be a utilitarian paradise in almost any form, but even so, the IS 200t performs admirably in terms of trunk space.

The good news is everything is highly utilitarian, which helps considerably so the driver can focus more on the road and keeping the rear contents stable instead of playing with overly complex controls.

Inside, it's not so flashy, and more utilitarian.

It's all part of a noble effort to make drivers fall in love with Chrysler's utilitarian creation once again, or at least give consumers compelling reasons to take a long, hard look at a stigmatized (unfairly so, as we've always maintained) segment of the people - hauler market.

The utilitarian interior is hard to mess up, so no need to fret about stray sand getting tracked in.

Cargo room carries over unchanged at 20.5 cubic feet, so the Trofeo retains the Levante's utilitarian features.

Ford excels at chassis tuning, even in something as utilitarian as this, so some degree of driving fun is a bonus.

Though it's not the most picturesque member of our plant communities here in the Golden Gate National Parks, this wild, not - so - pretty native proves that plants are not always there to be something nice to look at, but can serve more utilitarian roles within a healthy, thriving ecosystem.

Some objects retain a trace of the original human touch or utilitarian function, whereas others are so smeared with paint, dirt and hair that their origin is maskedduring the creative process.

Stout's practice is shaped by an urge to subtly subvert utilitarian forms and function to create an experience that pushes just past the threshold of what is comfortable — encouraging her audience to consider elements of the so - called deranged and demented in their everyday lives.