Utile
/ˈjuː.taɪl/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction derived from an economic transaction.
"Rational agents always maximize the number of utiles procured; that is, they will always choose those outcomes which promise to produce the most utiles."
Adjective
- 1 Useful. archaic
"technologists (the so-called Eggheads) all over the world were trying to make publicly utile and commercially rewarding the extremely elaborate and still very expensive, hydrodynamic telephones and other miserable gadgets […]"
Adjective
- 1 being of use or service wordnet
Example
More examples"technologists (the so-called Eggheads) all over the world were trying to make publicly utile and commercially rewarding the extremely elaborate and still very expensive, hydrodynamic telephones and other miserable gadgets […]"
Etymology
From Middle French utile, from Old French utele, from Latin ūtilis.