expedience
pronunciation
How to pronounce expedience in British English:
UK [ɪk'spɪdɪəns]
How to pronounce expedience in American English:
US [ɪk'spɪdɪrns]
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- Noun:
- the quality of being suited to the end in view
- taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
Word Origin
- expedience (n.)
- mid-15c., "advantage, benefit," from Old French expedience, from Late Latin expedientia, from expedientem (see expedient). From "that which is expedient," the sense tends toward "utilitarian wisdom." Meaning "quality of being expedient" is from 1610s. Related: Expediency (1610s).
Example
- 1. The stimulus bill is itself a mishmash of mr obama 's progressive priorities and short-term expedience .
- 2. Instead , sir john has seemed more attuned to political expedience than to the wider national interest .
- 3. Those ideals still light the world , and we will not give them up for expedience 's sake .
- 4. I never saw sam huntington do anything deceitful or malicious , never saw him sacrifice his principles for power or access or expedience .
- 5. However , they fail to recognize that today 's patients may actually be willing to accept the risk of potential breach of privacy in exchange for expedience of communication .