expediency

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛkˈspiː.dɪ.ən.si/ === Noun === expediency (countable and uncountable, plural expediencies) (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation. Synonym: expedience (uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled. Synonym: convenience (obsolete) Haste; dispatch. Synonym: expedience (countable) An expedient. ==== Related terms ==== expede expedience expedient expedite expedition ==== Translations ==== === References === OED2 Noah Webster (1828), “expediency”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “expediency”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “expediency”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “expediency”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.