Definition of expedient

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Expedient (a.) Quick; expeditious.

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Inconvenient :: Inconvenient (a.) Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.
Speed :: Speed (n.) To be expedient.
Inventive :: Inventive (a.) Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius..
Advisable :: Advisable (a.) Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.
Stoping :: Stop-gap (n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient..
Expedient :: Expedient (n.) That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.
Aftergame :: Aftergame (n.) A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient..
Unadvisable :: Unadvisable (a.) Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient.
Overagitate :: Overagitate (v. t.) To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient.
Ineffectual :: Ineffectual (a.) Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient..
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
Timesaving :: Timesaving (a.) Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient..
Impolitic :: Impolitic (a.) Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure..
Expediential :: Expediential () Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy.
Best :: Best (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself..
Expedient :: Expedient (a.) Quick; expeditious.
Disapprove :: Disapprove (v. t.) To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others..
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some 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..
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