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   expedient

   /ɪkˈspiːdɪənt/

   adjective

   • 1. (of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral: "either side could break the agreement if it were expedient to do so"
   • ▪ (of an action) suitable or appropriate: "holding a public enquiry into the scheme was not expedient"

   noun

   • 1. a means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral: "the current policy is a political expedient"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin expedient- ‘extricating, putting in order’, from the verb expedire (see expedite).

   Derivatives

   • 1. expedience noun
   • 2. expediently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 19

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