functional
adjective
functionally
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a word derived from
functional.
Example Sentences
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“It is going to be functionally useless. There is going to be nobody that has the money to pull this off in 30 days,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
We have a fear that a thing might someday be functionally useful.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
But when the government’s arguments are this lazy, it is functionally impossible for Saylor to not at least implicitly acknowledge just how bad the idea is.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Water voles have been functionally extinct in Surrey since the early 2000s, but co-ordinated reintroduction and habitat improvement efforts by nature restoration groups are working to help the endearing species thrive again.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Herring and other fish in schools are at times so closely integrated, their actions so coordinated, that they seem to be functionally a great multi-fish organism.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
