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ultrafunctional

ultrafunctional adjective: extremely and rigidly functional, without emotion or ornament.

Adjective

ultrafunctional (comparative more ultrafunctional, superlative most ultrafunctional)

  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

Forms of ultrafunctional

comparativemore ultrafunctional
superlativemost ultrafunctional

Origin of ultrafunctional

From ultra- + functional.

Questions about ultrafunctional

What does ultrafunctional mean?
Ultrafunctional means extremely and rigidly functional, without emotion or ornament.
What part of speech is ultrafunctional?
Ultrafunctional is an adjective.

Words near ultrafunctional in the dictionary

  1. ultrafragile
  2. ultrafreezer
  3. ultrafreezers
  4. ultrafrivolous
  5. ultrafunction
  6. ultrafunctional
  7. ultrafunctions
  8. ultrafundamentalism
  9. ultrafundamentalist
  10. ultrafundamentalists
  11. ultrafunky

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