merely instrumental

Frequency: 3.52.1 per million words

Suggests the role was only a means to an end, not important in itself.

instrumentalADVERB + instrumental

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merely

Examples (10)

  • His role in the negotiations was merely instrumental, not a decision-making one.
  • She felt her participation was merely instrumental to the larger scheme.
  • The initial funding was merely instrumental in launching the ambitious project.
  • For some, education is merely instrumental for career advancement.
  • He saw the new technology as merely instrumental to improve efficiency, nothing more.
  • The government's temporary measures were merely instrumental in staving off a crisis.
  • Their partnership proved to be merely instrumental for a brief period.
  • The legal framework is often considered merely instrumental in achieving social justice.
  • She argued that the process was merely instrumental and lacked intrinsic value.
  • His contribution was merely instrumental in setting up the system, but others maintain it.