Czech Meaning of expedient

účelný

Other Czech words related to účelný

Definitions and Meaning of expedient in English

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expedient (n)

a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

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expedient (a)

serving to promote your interest

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expedient (s)

appropriate to a purpose; practical

Webster

expedient (a.)

Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right.

Quick; expeditious.

Webster

expedient (n.)

That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.

Means devised in an exigency; shift.

FAQs About the word expedient

účelný

a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one, serving to promote your interest, appropriate to a purpose; practicalHastening or forward; hence

žádoucí,možný,obezřetný,taktický,moudrý,výhodný,vhodné,prospěšný,rozvážný,Politika

Neuskutečnitelný,neuvážený,nedoporučené,nevhodný,nerozvážný,nerentabilní,nerozumný,nepolitický,neproveditelný,předčasný

expediency => vhodnost, expedience => účelnost, expediate => urychlit, expede => expedovat, expectorator => expektorans,