the quality of being suited to the end in view
expedience
How to use expedience in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for expedience.
Editorial note
That expedience could change in the future, but I don't see it being something to worry about.
Quick take
the quality of being suited to the end in view
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of expedience gathered in one view.
taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for expedience.
noun
the quality of being suited to the end in view
See also: expediency
noun
taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
See also: opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking
Example sentences
That expedience could change in the future, but I don't see it being something to worry about.
But that's a fact of engineering expedience and not spec compliance.
* Same with the address, and the cost of replacement and expedience means returning the badge is useless.
I decided not to, for the reason of expedience and, as the TFA mentions, it already leaks.
I found the quote on the first page of the first issue a little too relevant:The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
Given the rate of breaking changes and how awesome they turn out to be, I would really hate to see this extremely promising language get stuck with warts for the sake of expedience.
"Edit: - I should point out that the French word for delivery is livraison; but like most languages, day-to-day Quebecois French is porous enough to borrow words from other languages where expedience warrants.
And while we recognize the expedience of detaining people during war time, nearly everyone seems to be believe that the prisoner's at Guantanamo are not sanctioned "prisoners of war" per the Geneva Convention.
However, it would only compound the tragedy if we allow such an event to transform our civilization from one that esteems liberty, autonomy and privacy into one that sacrifices those things for needless expedience.
My first response is that not everything of value can be measured [1], but then I thought better of it and realized there probably are ways to measure everything of value [2], they're just not easy, obvious, or intuitive, and the odds of convincing a national educational bureaucracy that does things as much for appearance and expedience as effectiveness are probably not great.
But when a future plaintiff is looking to cite precedent, most likely their court isn't going to say "In that previous case, that guy was obviously guilty of something, so that decision was possibly made out of expedience and we're not going to use it".In fact, I'll go out on a limb and argue that a majority of rule-of-law-preserving precedents must be made when the defendant is/appears guilty - for if they appeared innocent, a court would probably find this by easier means rather than spending much effort nitpicking the procedural issues!
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use expedience in a sentence?
That expedience could change in the future, but I don't see it being something to worry about.
What does expedience mean?
the quality of being suited to the end in view
What part of speech is expedience?
expedience is commonly used as noun.