EXPEDIENT

expedient

(adjective) serving to promote your interest; “was merciful only when mercy was expedient”

expedient

(adjective) appropriate to a purpose; practical; “in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty”

expedient

(noun) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

expedient (comparative more expedient, superlative most expedient)

Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.

Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term.

Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.

(obsolete) Expeditious, quick, rapid.

Synonyms

• advisable, desirable, judicious, politic, prudent, tactical, wise

Noun

expedient (plural expedients)

A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex*pe"di*ent a. Etym: [L. expediens, -entis, p. pr. of expedire to be expedient, release, extricate: cf. F. expédient. See Expedite.]

1. Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right. It is expedient for you that I go away. John xvi. 7. Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less. Whately.

2. Quick; expeditious. [Obs.] His marches are expedient to this town. Shak.

Ex*pe"di*ent, n.

1. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end. What sure expedient than shall Juno find, To calm her fears and ease her boding mind Philips.

2. Means devised in an exigency; shift.

Syn.

– Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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