utilitylike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a utility.

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Meanings

adjectiveutilitylike (comparative more utilitylike, superlative most utilitylike)

comparative more utilitylike · superlative most utilitylike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a utility.

    What is more, plenty of other utilitylike institutions have been in trouble — Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Northern Rock in Britain, Countrywide, Washington Mutual and Wachovia.

    2009 March 9, Breakingviews.Com, “Separation Rule Is Not the Answer”, in New York Times

Origin

From utility + -like.

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APA

utilitylike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utilitylike

MLA

“utilitylike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utilitylike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “utilitylike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utilitylike.

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