expediency
/ɪkˈspiːdɪənsi
/ /ɛkˈspiːdɪənsi/noun [mass noun]
The quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral; convenience: an act of political expediency...
- That creation can only be regarded as one of expediency and convenience.
- With a national election looming next year, the dispute is charged with allegations of political expediency.
- Jefferson's acts as president possess a coherence beyond the accidents of expediency.
Synonyms
convenience, advantage, advantageousness, usefulness, utility, benefit, profitability, profit, gain, gainfulness, effectiveness;
practicality, pragmatism;
prudence, judiciousness, desirability, suitability, advisability, appropriateness, appropriacy, aptness, fitness, timeliness, opportunism, propitiousness
- first desk
- first down
- first early
- first edition
- First Empire
- first-ever
- first family
- first feature
- first finger
- First Fleet
- First Fleeter
- first floor
- First Folio
- first-foot
- first-footer
- first form
- first four ships
- first-fruit book
- first fruits
- first-fruits book
- first futtock
- first gear
- first-generation
- first grade
- first-half