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ultrafunctional en · ADJ

Etymology

From ultra- + functional.

Meanings

1. Extremely and rigidly functional, without emotion or ornament.
   • The disappearance of large quantities of these distinctive, ultrafunctional tables and chairs — most of them designed by Mr. Jeanneret, Le Corbusier’s cousin, for the city’s government offices, courtrooms and colleges — has begun to alarm architects and some officials in the city. 2008 March 19, Amelia Gentleman, “A City That Sat on Its Treasures, but Didn’t See Them”, in New York Times:

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