Definition of expedient

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Expedient (n.) That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.

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Ineffectual :: Ineffectual (a.) Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient..
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..
Unexpedient :: Unexpedient (a.) Inexpedient.
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..
Ineligible :: Ineligible (a.) Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to be chosen or prefered; not expedient or desirable.
Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.
Overagitate :: Overagitate (v. t.) To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient.
Best :: Best (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself..
Impolitic :: Impolitic (a.) Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure..
Dexterous :: Dexterous (a.) Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager..
Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
Inexpediently :: Inexpediently (adv.) Not expediently; unfitly.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
Inconvenient :: Inconvenient (a.) Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.
Shifty :: Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance..
Expedient :: Expedient (n.) That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.
Advisable-ness :: Advisable-ness (n.) The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.
Expediently :: Expediently (adv.) With expedition; quickly.
Advisable :: Advisable (a.) Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.
Inexpediency :: Inexpediency (n.) The quality or state of being inexpedient; want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of some measures..
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