is habitually repeated in the life of the same person.
Ordinary (L.
ordo, order) signifies according to an
established order, hence of
everyday occurrence. In strictness,
common and
general apply to the greater
number of individuals in a class; but both words are in good use as applying to the greater number of instances
in a series, so that it is possible to speak of one person's
common practise or
general custom, tho
ordinary or
usual would in such case be preferable. Compare GENERAL; NORMAL.
Antonyms:
exceptional, infrequent, rare, strange, unparalleled, extraordinary, out-of-the-way, singular, uncommon,
unusual.
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UTILITY.
Synonyms:
advantage, expediency, serviceableness, avail, profit, use, benefit, service, usefulness.
Utility (L.
utilis, useful) signifies primarily the quality of being useful, but is somewhat more abstract and
philosophical than
usefulness or
use, and is often employed to denote adaptation to produce a valuable result,
while
usefulness denotes the actual production of such result. We contrast beauty and
utility. We say of an
invention, its
utility is questionable, or, on the other hand, its
usefulness has been proved by ample trial, or I
have found it of
use; still,
utility and
usefulness are frequently interchanged.
Expediency (L.
ex, out, and
pes,
foot; literally, the getting the foot out) refers primarily to escape from or avoidance of some difficulty or
trouble; either
expediency or
utility may be used to signify
profit or
advantage considered apart from right as
the ground of moral obligation, or of actions that have a moral character,
expediency denoting immediate
advantage on a contracted view, and especially with reference to avoiding danger, difficulty, or loss, while
utility may be so broadened as to cover all existence through all time, as in the utilitarian theory of morals.
Policy is often used in a kindred sense, more positive than
expediency but narrower than
utility, as in the
proverb, "Honesty is the best
policy." Compare PROFIT.
Antonyms:
disadvantage, futility, inadequacy, inutility, uselessness, folly, impolicy, inexpediency, unprofitableness,
worthlessness.
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VACANT.
Synonyms:
blank, leisure, unfilled, untenanted, void, empty, unemployed, unoccupied, vacuous, waste.
That is
empty which contains nothing; that is
vacant which is without that which has filled or might be
expected to fill it;
vacant has extensive reference to rights or possibilities of occupancy. A
vacant room may
not be
empty, and an
empty house may not be
vacant.
Vacant, as derived from the Latin, is applied to things of
some dignity;
empty, from the Saxon, is preferred in speaking of slight, common, or homely matters, tho it
may be applied with special force to the highest; we speak of
empty space, a
vacant lot, an
empty dish, an
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