expediencenoun [ U ]
uk/ɪkˈspiː.di.əns/us/ɪkˈspiː.di.əns/also expediency, formalthe situation in which something is helpful or useful in a particular situation, but sometimes not morally acceptable:
As a matter of expedience, we will not be taking on any new staff this year.
I think this government operates on the basis of expediency, not of principle.
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Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- corrective
- favourable
- fodder
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- general
- palliative
- profitable
- repay
- repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. idiom
- respite
- salutary
- serviceable
- sniff
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