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Etymology

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From ultra- +‎ functional.

Adjective

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ultrafunctional (comparative more ultrafunctional, superlative most ultrafunctional)

  1. Extremely and rigidly functional, without emotion or ornament.
    • 2008 March 19, Amelia Gentleman, “A City That Sat on Its Treasures, but Didn’t See Them”, in New York Times[1]:
      The disappearance of large quantities of these distinctive, ultrafunctional tables and chairs — most of them designed by Mr. Jeanneret, Le Corbusier’s cousin, for the city’s government offices, courtrooms and colleges — has begun to alarm architects and some officials in the city.