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noun.
The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude or principle.
noun.
The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
noun.
Speed, haste or urgency.
noun.
Something that is expedient.
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noun.
taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
noun.
the quality of being suited to the end in view
Word Usage
"His successors proved to be no more fertile in expedience than he (Godon, p. 179). harold Says:"