Definition of expedient

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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..

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Aftergame :: Aftergame (n.) A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient..
Inexpediently :: Inexpediently (adv.) Not expediently; unfitly.
Advise :: Advise (v. t.) To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn..
Unadvisable :: Unadvisable (a.) Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient.
Dexterous :: Dexterous (a.) Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager..
Ineligible :: Ineligible (a.) Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to be chosen or prefered; not expedient or desirable.
Stoping :: Stop-gap (n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary 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..
Resource :: Resource (n.) That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.
Ineffectual :: Ineffectual (a.) Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient..
Expediently :: Expediently (adv.) With expedition; quickly.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
Facile :: Facile (a.) Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen..
Scruple :: Scruple (n.) Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience..
Unexpedient :: Unexpedient (a.) Inexpedient.
Inconvenient :: Inconvenient (a.) Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.
Best :: Best (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself..
Advisable :: Advisable (a.) Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.
Inexpedient :: Inexpedient (a.) Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient at another..
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