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expedient
[ ik-spee-dee-uhnt ]
adjective
- tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances:
It is expedient that you go.
Synonyms: profitable, advantageous, desirable, appropriate, advisable
Antonyms: disadvantageous
- conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right.
- acting in accordance with expediency, or what is advantageous.
noun
- a means to an end:
The ladder was a useful expedient for getting to the second floor.
- a means devised or employed in an exigency; resource; shift:
Use any expedients you think necessary to get over the obstacles in your way.
Synonyms: resort, contrivance, device
expedient
/ ɪkˈspiːdɪənt /
adjective
- suitable to the circumstances; appropriate
- inclined towards methods or means that are advantageous rather than fair or just
noun
- something suitable or appropriate, esp something used during an urgent situation
Derived Forms
- exˈpediently, adverb
Other Words From
- ex·pedi·ent·ly adverb
- nonex·pedi·ent adjective
- nonex·pedi·ent·ly adverb
- quasi-ex·pedi·ent adjective
- quasi-ex·pedi·ent·ly adverb
- unex·pedi·ent adjective
- unex·pedi·ent·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of expedient1
Word History and Origins
Origin of expedient1
Example Sentences
We might call them the expedient and the economic.
The expedient is to search for places where you can raise money with a minimum of squealing.
Her and Daryl’s paths run parallel until about midway through the six-episode season, which is blessedly expedient as such stories go.
I file all this under “well-intentioned and legally expedient,” but it was too antiseptic to satiate a growing need for collective frameworks to make sense and seek purpose in an increasingly complicated world.
Ceding the Democratic nomination to Harris is the quickest and most expedient move for the party, given the limited time before the Aug. 19 start of its nominating convention and the short window to the Nov. 5 election.
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