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Best :: Best (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself..

Unexpedient :: Unexpedient (a.) Inexpedient.

Inexpediency :: Inexpediency (n.) The quality or state of being inexpedient; want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of some measures..

Refuge :: Refuge (n.) An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.

Impolitic :: Impolitic (a.) Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure..

Resource :: Resource (n.) That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.

Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To use arts or expedients; to make shift.

Ineligible :: Ineligible (a.) Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to be chosen or prefered; not expedient or desirable.

Expediently :: Expediently (adv.) With expedition; quickly.

Speed :: Speed (n.) To be expedient.

Shifty :: Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance..

Expedient :: Expedient (a.) 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..

Expedient :: Expedient (a.) Quick; expeditious.

Advisable-ness :: Advisable-ness (n.) The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.

Expediency :: Expediency (n.) The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude.

Afterthought :: Afterthought (n.) Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.

Shiftless :: Shiftless (a.) Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management..

Inconvenient :: Inconvenient (a.) Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.

Expediment :: Expediment (n.) An expedient.

Expediential :: Expediential () Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy.

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