How to pronounce“expedient”in English
will tell the truth if we surrender that High Ground and we basically just go into a place where politicians on both sides of the Divide just say whatever is
expedient in order to get whatever political outcome they want how on Earth are public supposed to maintain any confidence whatsoever in nation states
or whatever else I mean this is big big stuff yeah but it's but these are the stakes yeah now talking about former Prime Ministers I'm just thinking back
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Definitions of “expedient”
Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.
“Most people, faced with a decision, will choose the most expedient option.”
Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term.
“[T]he judges were unanimously of opinion that [...] by the common law of England, no man, not authorised by the crown, had a right to publish political news. While the Whig party was still formidable, the government thought it expedient occasionally to connive at the violation of this rule.”
A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
“To secure such a market, there is no other expedient, than to promote manufacturing establishments.”
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