Multipurpose

//mʌltipɝpəs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Designed or intended to fit more than one type of function or application; having multiple uses. not-comparable

    "Arguably the most potent version of that meme merges the heatmaps with a multipurpose version of the IQ bell curve, populated with three “wojaks” on the stupid, middlebrow, and supersmart bits of that curve. The liberal heatmap is paired with the figure in the meaty middle of the graph, while the conservative one fits with the narrower extremes of the IQ spectrum."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having multiple uses wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
all-purposemultipurposedmultiuseuseful

Example

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"It's a multipurpose instrument."

Etymology

From multi- + purpose.

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