expediency: Meaning and Definition of
ex•pe•di•en•cy
Pronunciation: (ik-spē'dē-un-sē), [key] — pl. -cies.
- the quality of being expedient; advantageousness; advisability.
- a regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just; a sense of self-interest.
- something expedient.
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