EXPEDIENT vs APPROPRIATE: NOUN
- A means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
- Something that is a means to an end, especially when based on self-interest.
- Something contrived or used to meet an urgent need.
- Means devised or employed in an exigency; a shift; a device.
- Synonyms Expedient, Resource, Resort, Contrivance, Device, Shift. Expedient, contrivance, and device indicate artificial means of escape from difficulty or embarrassment; resource indicates natural means or something possessed; resort and shift may indicate either. A shift is a temporary, poor, or desperate expedient. When one's resources begin to fail, one has recourse to contrivances, expedients, etc., and finally to almost any shift. Resort is less often applied to the thing resorted to than to the act of resorting. Contrivance and device suggest most of ingenuity.
- Means devised in an exigency; shift.
- A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
- That which serves to promote or advance a desired result; any means which may be employed to accomplish an end.
- A property; attribute.
- Peculiar characteristic; attribute; proper function; property.
EXPEDIENT vs APPROPRIATE: ADJECTIVE
- Speedy; expeditious.
- 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 or principled.
- Quick; expeditious.
- Simple, easy, or quick; convenient.
- Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.
- Convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle.
- Suitable or efficient for accomplishing a purpose.
- Appropriate to a purpose; practical
- Serving to promote your interest
- Suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
- Suitable and fitting
- Meant or adapted for an occasion or use
- Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
- Appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
- Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
- Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
- Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
EXPEDIENT vs APPROPRIATE: VERB
- N/A
- Give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause
- Take possession of by force, as after an invasion
- To make suitable; to suit. -- William Paley.
- Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
EXPEDIENT vs APPROPRIATE: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission.
- To make suitable; to suit.
- To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
- To set apart for a specific use.
EXPEDIENT vs APPROPRIATE: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Practical
- Appropriate to a purpose
- A means to an end
- Synonyms and Advisable, desirable, advantageous, profitable, useful, best, wise.
- Tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances; advisable.
- Direct; without deviation or unnecessary delay.
- Serving to promote or urge forward; quick; expeditious.
- Conducive or tending to present advantage or self-interest.
- Set apart for a particular use or person; hence, belonging peculiarly; suitable; fit; befitting; proper.
- Synonyms Apt, becoming, in keeping, felicitous.
- To take to one's self in exclusion of others; claim or use as by an exclusive right: as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
- In general, to take for any use; put to use.
- To set apart for or assign to a particular purpose or use, in exclusion of all other purposes or uses: as, Congress appropriated more money than was needed; to appropriate a spot of ground for a garden.
- In ecclesiastical law, to annex, as a benefice, to an ecclesiastical corporation, for its perpetual use.
EXPEDIENT vs APPROPRIATE: RELATED WORDS
- Apposite, Advisable, Effective, Desirable, Purposive, Convenient, Sensible, Expeditious, Expediency, Timeserving, Opportunist, Opportunistic, Politic, Advantageous, Appropriate
- Allow, Congruous, Right, Fit, Congruent, Befitting, Suited, Apropos, Apt, Advantageous, Pertinent, Apposite, Expedient, Suitable, Proper
EXPEDIENT vs APPROPRIATE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Apposite, Advisable, Effective, Desirable, Purposive, Convenient, Sensible, Expeditious, Expediency, Timeserving, Opportunist, Opportunistic, Politic, Advantageous, Appropriate
- Allow, Congruous, Right, Fit, Congruent, Befitting, Suited, Apropos, Apt, Advantageous, Pertinent, Apposite, Expedient, Suitable, Proper
EXPEDIENT vs APPROPRIATE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Postal mail is not considered an expedient method.
- He, at last, to the following expedient flew.
- The success of this expedient surpassed my expectation.
- One response is to take the expedient path.
- It is very expedient that i upgrade myself.
- NAV as a practical expedient for comparative years.
- SSDI is integral to successful and expedient applications.
- Those things therefore that are expedient and profitable to those cities, are the only things that are good and expedient for me.
- Then they gave way to every inclination, and cared not to ask what was expedient, for nothing was expedient.
- Advisable related to other words for expedient in other words for expedient words for expedient Guidance IFRS.
- What is appropriate in Cairns is not necessarily appropriate in Brisbane.
- Verbal praise or tangible reinforcement for on task or appropriate behavior It may be appropriate to provide students positive reinforcement during testing.
- Ensure parts are ordered with appropriate priorities and relay document numbers to the Pro Super, MOC, and appropriate technicians.
- The law determines that firms may consider it appropriate to verify the identity of appropriate beneficial owners.
- The appraiser will be better able to take appropriate risk management steps, such as obtaining insurance coverage and retaining appropriate records.
- Therefore, Program Managers should be careful to use the appropriate standards within contracts, tailored as appropriate for each system.
- EEA to conduct appropriate risk assessments and implement appropriate controls as a regulated financial service provider.
- Appropriate actions are taken by SIU and reported to the appropriate authorities.
- Adequacy of the organization and appropriate resources assigned to assure appropriate training.
- Case Managers should determine the most appropriate course of action in consultation with RO management, Legal and, as appropriate, the appropriate RMAS section.
EXPEDIENT vs APPROPRIATE: QUESTIONS
- How will the practical expedient affect the income statement?
- Is it expedient to amend the colonization of Government Lands Act 1912?
- Is it expedient to precede the topic sentence with an introduction?
- What is a practical expedient and how do I apply it?
- When is it expedient to introduce a scheme of Social Security?
- How many answers are there for expedient judicious crossword clue?
- Is medical knowledge sufficient to find an expedient solution?
- What is the practical expedient for rent concessions?
- What is the practical expedient for nonpublic franchisors?
- What makes expedient better than other cloud providers?
- What happened to appropriate technology international?
- What is developmentally appropriate practices (DAP)?
- Is five-fraction prostate ultrahypofractionation appropriate?
- Do Resuscitation programs provide appropriate guidance?
- What is developmentally appropriate phonemic awareness?
- Is Wittgensteinian fideism appropriate for Buddhism?
- Are traditional calendars appropriate for preschoolers?
- What is early childhood developmentally appropriate?
- Are Adidas' bare breasts advertisements appropriate?
- What is appropriate guidance and appropriate behaviour?