ˈjuːsfəlnəs juːˈtɪl.ɪ.ti juːˈtɪl.ɪ.ti the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility the cost of utilities never decreases all the utilities were lost after the hurricane capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team a utility infielder used of beef; usable but inferior a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal the price of the house included all utilities the quality of being of practical use (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice