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 Definitions of expediency  [ɪkˈspi di ən si]  

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Definition of 'expediency' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) expediency
the quality of being expedient; advantageousness.

2.  expediency
a regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just.

3.  expediency
something expedient.

Etymology:  (1605–15; < LL)

Definition of 'expediency' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) expedience, expediency
the quality of being suited to the end in view
Definition of 'expediency' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) expediency
the quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude

2. (noun) expediency
expedition; haste; dispatch

3. (noun) expediency
an expedition; enterprise; adventure
Translation of 'expediency' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: convenient or advisable
It is not expedient to pay him what he has asked.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: dienstigheid Arabic flag Arabic: مُلائَمَه، إنْتِهاز الفُر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: изгодност
Brazilian flag Brazilian: conveniência Czech flag Czech: vhodnost German flag German: die Tunlichkeit
Danish flag Danish: formålstjenlighed; udvej Greek flag Greek: σκοπιμότητα Spanish flag Spanish: conveniencia, oportunidad
Estonian flag Estonian: otstarbekus Farsi flag Farsi: مصلحت؛ تدبیر Finnish flag Finnish: tarkoituksenmukaisuus
French flag French: convenance Hebrew flag Hebrew: תוֹעֶלֶת אִישִית Hindi flag Hindi: योग्यता
Croatian flag Croatian: korist, svrsihodnost Hungarian flag Hungarian: ajánlatosság Indonesian flag Indonesian: kebijaksanaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hentugleiki Italian flag Italian: convenienza, opportunità Japanese flag Japanese: 好都合
Korean flag Korean: 편의, 유리 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tikslingumas Latvian flag Latvian: lietderīgums
Malay flag Malay: kewajaran Dutch flag Dutch: doelmatigheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: utvei, formålstjenlighet
Polish flag Polish: celowość Persian flag Persian: مصلحت؛ تدبیر Pashto flag Pashto: وروالى، غوره توب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: conveniência Romanian flag Romanian: eficacitate (de moment) Russian flag Russian: целесообразность
Slovak flag Slovak: vhodnosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: primernost Serbian flag Serbian: umesnost
Swedish flag Swedish: ändamålsenlighet, lämplig Thai flag Thai: ความสะดวก Turkish flag Turkish: işine gelme
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 適當, 明智 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: слушність; доцільність Urdu flag Urdu: حکمت عملی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thủ đoạn Chinese flag Chinese: 权宜，方便，私利

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