Functional
Functional adjective - Being in effective operation.
Primitive and functional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Primitive" instead an adjective "Functional".
Primitive
Primitive adjective - Belonging to or characteristic of an early level of skill or development.
Functional and primitive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Functional" instead an adjective "Primitive".
Nearby Word: primitively
Both words in one sentence
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Laughably primitive by real world standards and yet capable of sustaining two hundred years fully powered and fully functional in the most inhospitable locations imaginable.
Source: Video Game / Fallout 3 -
GPS is also fairly primitive (although that is slightly more believable; GPS devices in the present day don't have the sharpest graphics either, since they're purely functional).
Source: Zeerust -
Only a Flesh Wound: Whilst Manji has an excuse, even the ordinary humans can take ludicrous amounts of punishment and still remain functional, especially when one considers the decidedly primitive medical care available.
Source: Manga / Blade of the Immortal
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