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Definition of expedient adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

expedient

 adjective
adjective
NAmE//ɪkˈspidiənt//
 
(formal) [not usually before noun]
 
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(of an action) useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right The government has clearly decided that a cut in interest rates would be politically expedient. opposite inexpedient
ex‧pe‧di‧en‧cy
 
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NAmE//ɪkˈspidiənsi//
 
noun [uncountable] He acted out of expediency, not principle.
ex‧pe‧di‧ent‧ly
 
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adverbSee expedient in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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