Definitions for expedient

expedient ex·pe·di·ent

Spelling: [ik-spee-dee-uh nt]
IPA: /ɪkˈspi di ənt/

Expedient is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 169 anagrams from letters in expedient (deeeinptx).

Definitions for expedient

noun

  1. a means to an end:
  2. a means devised or employed in an exigency; resource; shift:

adjective

  1. tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances:
  2. conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right.
  3. acting in accordance with expediency, or what is advantageous.

Origin of expedient

1350-1400; Middle English Latin expedient- (stem of expediēns), present participle of expedīre. See expedite, -ent

Examples for expedient

It was the result of a chain of good decisions—wise, prudent, long-sighted, or, at the least, expedient choices.

Obama noted Thursday that both sides in the conflict blame the U.S., a popular and expedient political tactic in Egypt.

It is not language framing a political vision; it is a campaign slogan serving an expedient purpose.

No need then of the expedient of pursuing your needleworks in her sight.

And because “it is very tempting to a minister to employ such an expedient…the practice will…be abused, in every government.”

This: It is useless to talk or to think unless it is also possible and expedient to act.

That tape will prove far more persuasive than any expedient and mealy mouthed evasions.

For the expedient has to do with the future, about which we are liable to mistake.

Captain Baker applied himself to this task, and used every expedient.

This expedient, however, nearly proved fatal in its consequences.

Word Value for expedient
Scrable

19

Words with friends

21

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