But as a reader, I wonder just how far social utility carries any genre.

Very few students talked about their subject in terms of its social utility.

And then, in addition to being bored silly, he was doubting the social utility of his work.

The cost would be minimal and the social utility great.

The social utility of widespread testing is to protect those sexual partners who are not protecting themselves.

But social utility is not confined to the "little community."

"Our social utility is to cover the news," he said.

Maybe that is where my own social utility comes in.

Consider, too, the burden of social utility the picture book lugs around.

It addresses such problems with concepts of private versus social utility.