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Stoping :: Stop-gap (n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient..

Disapprobation :: Disapprobation (n.) The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure..

Expediential :: Expediential () Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy.

Expedient :: Expedient (a.) Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right..

Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

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..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some expedient.

Shifty :: Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance..

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..

Inexpediently :: Inexpediently (adv.) Not expediently; unfitly.

Expediently :: Expediently (adv.) In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.

Expediment :: Expediment (n.) An expedient.

Unexpedient :: Unexpedient (a.) Inexpedient.

Inconvenient :: Inconvenient (a.) Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.

Facile :: Facile (a.) Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen..

Overagitate :: Overagitate (v. t.) To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient.

Advise :: Advise (v. t.) To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn..

Advisable-ness :: Advisable-ness (n.) The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.

Expedient :: Expedient (a.) Quick; expeditious.

Expediently :: Expediently (adv.) With expedition; quickly.

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