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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "expedient"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āωāĻĒāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ, āϞāĻžāĻ­āϜāύāĻ•

helpful in a way that serves one's personal interests
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sometimes, taking an expedient route may solve an immediate problem, but it can cause more issues later.
āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϜāύāĻ• āĻĒāĻĨ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϤāĻžā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻĒāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ, āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϜāύāĻ•

useful and possibly immoral for achieving a goal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She resorted to an expedient method to win the contract, even though it bordered on dishonesty.
āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāϤāϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϜāύāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϏāĻžāϧ⧁āϤāĻžāϰ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϜāύāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ

a method or action that is convenient and effective for achieving a particular end, often without regard for ethics or long-term consequences
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her apology was a social expedient, meant to smooth things over.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻŽāϏ⧃āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

expediently
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