utile

/ˈjuː.taɪl/

JUː · taɪl (2 syllables)

English Adj

Definition

Useful.

Etymology

From Middle French utile, from Old French utele, from Latin ūtilis.

Example Sentences

"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 […]"