Describes an approach, decision, or person focused on tangible benefits and real-world usefulness rather than ideals or formality.
He always takes a practical way of thinking.
The proposal was evaluated from a utilitarian point of view.
功利的 is closer to philosophical utilitarianism (Bentham/Mill) and is less common in everyday speech than 実利的.
Compound of 実利 (practical benefit) + 的 (-like, -ic). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern for forming adjectival nouns from Sino-Japanese nouns.