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English adjective: expedient

1. expedient serving to promote your interest


SamplesWas merciful only when mercy was expedient.


Similaradvantageous, carpetbag, carpetbagging, opportunist, opportunistic, timeserving


See alsoadvantageous, convenient, politic, useful, utile


Antonymsinexpedient

2. expedient appropriate to a purpose; practical


SamplesIn the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty.


Similarpolitic


Antonymsimpolitic


English noun: expedient

1. expedient (act) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one


Broader (hypernym)agency, means, way


Narrower (hyponym)crutch, improvisation, last resort, make-do, makeshift, pis aller, stopgap, temporary expedient









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