expediency

  • 21expediency — n 1. suitability, suitableness, seem liness, appropriateness, fittingness; properness, correctness, Tightness, goodness; judiciousness, wisdom, sagacity; sensibleness, reasonableness, rationality, intelligence. 2. advisability, desirability,… …

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  • 22expediency — ex·pe·di·en·cy …

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  • 23expediency —  Беспринципность …

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  • 24expediency — [ɪkˈspiːdiənsi] noun [C/U] formal a way of dealing with something that produces the result that you want in a particular situation, especially when this is not the best or most honest thing to do …

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  • 25expediency — ex•pe•di•en•cy [[t]ɪkˈspi di ən si[/t]] n. pl. cies 1) the quality of being expedient; advantageousness 2) a regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just 3) something expedient Often, ex•pe′di•ence. Etymology:… …

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  • 26expediency — /əkˈspidiənsi/ (say uhk speedeeuhnsee), /ɛk / (say ek ) noun (plural expediencies) 1. the quality of being expedient; advantageousness; advisability. 2. a regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just; a sense… …

  • 27expediency — noun the quality of being suited to the end in view • Syn: ↑expedience • Ant: ↑inexpediency, ↑inexpedience (for: ↑expedience) • Derivationally related forms: ↑e …

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  • 28expediency of measure — The wisdom or propriety of a measure adopted by an administrative agency to which the formulation and execution of policy has been entrusted. 2 Am J2d Admin L § 677 …

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  • 29officer candidate expediency tests — series of tests to determine if a soldier is suitable for being an officer …

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  • 30expedience — expediency / expedience [n1] appropriateness; worth advantage, advantageousness, advisability, appositeness, aptness, benefit, convenience, desirability, effectiveness, efficiency, fitness, helpfulness, judiciousness, meetness, opportunism,… …

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