Definition of expedient

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Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.

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Advise :: Advise (v. t.) To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn..
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some expedient.
Ineligible :: Ineligible (a.) Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to be chosen or prefered; not expedient or desirable.
Advisable-ness :: Advisable-ness (n.) The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.
Inventive :: Inventive (a.) Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius..
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
Disapprobation :: Disapprobation (n.) The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure..
Expediently :: Expediently (adv.) In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.
Expediently :: Expediently (adv.) With expedition; quickly.
Expediential :: Expediential () Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy.
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..
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..
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..
Ought :: Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed..
Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.
Expedient :: Expedient (a.) Quick; expeditious.
Unadvisable :: Unadvisable (a.) Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient.
Happy :: Happy (superl.) Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen..
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
Expediment :: Expediment (n.) An expedient.
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