expedient

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Synonyms: experient, expediant, expediment, inexpedient, expedience, excedent, experiment, expediency, impedient, unexpedient, exedent

Antonyms: experient, expediant, expediment, inexpedient, expedience, excedent, experiment, expediency, impedient, unexpedient, exedent

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Adjective

1. [[suitable|Suitable]] to [[effect#Verb|effect]] some [[desired#Adjective|desired]] [[end#Noun|end]] or the [[purpose#Noun|purpose]] [[intend]]ed.
2. [[afford|Affording]] [[short-term]] [[benefit#Noun|benefit]], often at the [[expense#Noun|expense]] of the [[long-term]].
3. [[govern|Governed]] by [[self-interest]], often short-term self-interest.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[expeditious|Expeditious]], [[quick#Adjective|quick]], [[rapid]].

Noun

1. A method or means for achieving a particular [[result]], especially when [[direct]] or [[efficient]]; a [[resource]].

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