expedient|expedients in English

noun

[ex'pe·di·ent || -nt]

means to an end; resource

Use "expedient|expedients" in a sentence

1. The arrangement, however, was not just expedient.

2. It was expedient to retire gracefully.

3. It is expedient to reduce unnecessary expenditure.

4. It is expedient that he should go.

5. It is expedient that he should retire at once.

6. Where a system of conscription operated all sorts of expedients were used to avoid service.

7. The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.

8. Too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. 

9. Advisable Meaning: "prudent, expedient," from advise (v.) + -able (q.v.)

10. They saw this as a more expedient way to get results.

11. To propose that expedient requires an excursion into the realms of Utopian construction.

12. This solution is politically expedient but may well cause long-term problems.

13. I cut my purchases dramatically by the simple expedient of destroying my credit cards.

14. The camps became increasingly crowded as the methods of arrest became more expedient".

15. It might be expedient not to pay him until the work is finished.

16. Northern whites tolerated this repression and, in fact, adopted these policies when expedient.

17. It's highly expedient for you to use despatch, lest another should step in.

18. Synonyms for Beneficial include advantageous, good, favorable, favourable, profitable, expedient, positive, rewarding, constructive and fruitful

19. The government has clearly decided that a cut in interest rates would be politically expedient.

20. Before these are considered, however, it is expedient to examine the general principle.

21. Circumfluent •abeyant, mayn't •ambient, circumambient •gradient, irradiant, radiant •expedient, ingredient, mediant, obedient •valiant • salient

22. Many conservatives resurrected traditional isolationism, protecting American moral purity against contamination by the expedient.

23. Circumambient •abeyant, mayn't •ambient, Circumambient •gradient, irradiant, radiant •expedient, ingredient, mediant, obedient •valiant • salient

24. Advantageous - giving an advantage; "a contract Advantageous to our country"; "socially Advantageous to entertain often" expedient - serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"

25. Advisable: adjective acceptable , advantageous , appropriate , becoming , befitting , commendable , desirable , expedient , favorable , feasible , fit , fitting