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1.
tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances: It is expedient that you go.
2.
conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right.
3.
acting in accordance with expediency.
noun
4.
a means to an end: The ladder was a useful expedient for getting to the second floor.
5.
a means devised or employed in an exigency; resource; shift: Use any expedients you think necessary to get over the obstacles in your way.
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Expedient
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| likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; not constant or loyal in affections |
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin expedient- (stem of expediēns), present participle of expedīre. See expedite, -ent
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin expedient- (stem of expediēns), present participle of expedīre. See expedite, -ent
Related forms
ex·pe·di·ent·ly, adverb
non·ex·pe·di·ent, adjective
non·ex·pe·di·ent·ly, adverb
qua·si-ex·pe·di·ent, adjective
qua·si-ex·pe·di·ent·ly, adverb
EXPANDSynonyms
1. advisable, appropriate, desirable; advantageous, profitable. 5. device, contrivance, resort.
1. advisable, appropriate, desirable; advantageous, profitable. 5. device, contrivance, resort.
Antonyms
1. disadvantageous.
1. disadvantageous.
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Example Sentences
- The timing does seem mighty expedient.
- He is quite content to go along on an issue he knows to be wrong — if that is the expedient thing to do.
- We can afford to focus on not getting by with the expedient.
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Word Origin & History
expedient
late 14c., "advantageous, fit, proper" (adj.), from L. expedientem (nom. expediens) "beneficial," prp. of expedire "make fit or ready, prepare" (see expedite). The noun meaning "a device adopted in an exigency, a resource" is from 1650s. Related: Expediential; expedientially; expediently.
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