Sekirov Dictionary

expedient

/ɪkˈspiːdi.ənt/

adjective 4
noun 1
forms 3

adjective4

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Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.
- Most people, faced with a decision, will choose the most expedient option.
•
Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term.
- Government has slowly but positively moved from an active course of following plans and policies to the easier and more expedient course of the counterpuncher. — 2011
Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.
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(no longer used) Expeditious, quick, rapid.
- the adverse winds / Whose leisure I have stay'd, have given him time / To land his legions all as soon as I; / His marches are expedient to this town / His forces strong, his soldiers confident. — 1596

noun1

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A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
- To secure such a market, there is no other expedient, than to promote manufacturing establishments. — 1791

forms

expedients · more expedient · most expedient

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