This solution is politically expedient but may well cause long-term problems.expedient1 adjectiveexpedient2 noun
expedientex‧pe‧di‧ent1 /ɪkˈspiːdiənt/ adjective 
WORD ORIGINexpedient1
Origin:
1300-1400 French, Latin, present participle of expedire; ➔ EXPEDITEEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a politically expedient compromise
- It may, therefore, be expedient on certain occasions to utilise taped material in a more selective manner.
- Politically, expressing horror at degeneracy was expedient.
- Presumably, this is a politically expedient decision; but how long can this car dependence be sustained?
- The arrangement, however, was not just expedient.
- There can be little doubt that any government would rapidly do so should it become politically expedient.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY This solution is politically expedient but may well cause long-term problems.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
helping you to deal with a problem quickly and effectively although sometimes in a way that is not morally right OPP inexpedient: This solution is politically expedient but may well cause long-term problems.· It may therefore become economically and politically expedient to encourage a shift to more labour intensive methods of primary production.· Aicha Kossoko exerts a brooding presence as Octavia, suffering nobly through her politically expedient marriage to the unloving Antony.· There can be little doubt that any government would rapidly do so should it become politically expedient.· Presumably, this is a politically expedient decision; but how long can this car dependence be sustained?
This solution is politically expedient but may well cause long-term problems.expedient to do something We think it is expedient to make a good-will gesture to the new administration.expedient1 adjectiveexpedient2 noun
expedientexpedient2 noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Now down into crawler gear he pushes on, finding regular protection by the simple expedient of removing most of the ice!
- Our efforts in agricultural science are thus, at best, temporary expedients.
- So he adopted the simple expedient of not opening it until it was beyond his power to act on it.
- Taylor himself never placed undue stock in it, viewing it largely as a temporary expedient.
- They divined the contents of sealed envelopes by the simple expedient of opening the staples at the other end of the envelope.
- Where a system of conscription operated all sorts of expedients were used to avoid service.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Moore escaped by the simple expedient of lying down in a clump of grass.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a quick and effective way of dealing with a problem: Moore escaped by the simple expedient of lying down in a clump of grass.· The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.· Now down into crawler gear he pushes on, finding regular protection by the simple expedient of removing most of the ice!· They divined the contents of sealed envelopes by the simple expedient of opening the staples at the other end of the envelope.· So he adopted the simple expedient of not opening it until it was beyond his power to act on it.· The Pearl has a 6,500-strong sales force which collects insurance premiums and arranges policies by the simple expedient of house-to-house calls.· Billy Bragg has the unusual gift of making other people's songs his own by the simple expedient of singing them.· And moral outrage at the use of simple expedients can still run high.
· Mr Ashdown is not content with imposing his version of stability as a temporary expedient, a regrettably necessary short-term tactic.· Our efforts in agricultural science are thus, at best, temporary expedients.· On the eve of the October revolution, the Provisional Government accepted this as a temporary expedient.· Taylor himself never placed undue stock in it, viewing it largely as a temporary expedient.
Moore escaped by the simple expedient of lying down in a clump of grass.