expediency
/ɛkˈspiː.dɪ.ən.si/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
Uncountable
noun
Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Imperfet governments […] may palliate crimes upon the plea of necessity or expediency; divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice; […]"
- "Much declamation may be heard in the present day against “expediency”, as if it were not the proper object of a Deliberative Assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled."
- "However, by that time the powerful tides of political unionism, metropolitan fashion and commercial expediency were flowing against the language, at least among the Scottish elites."
- "Utterly neglectful of what he owes to the kingdom which he hopes to regain, Charles has learned but adversity's worst lesson—expediency."
- "Others warned the British government’s approach would be imitated, for political expediency, by authorities elsewhere."