noun
- actions or means that are convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral
Usage: plural of expediency
Examples
- The politician was criticized for his various expediencies during the campaign.
- Business expediencies often conflict with environmental concerns.
- She refused to resort to expediencies to win the contract.
- The company’s expediencies included cutting corners on safety measures.
- Military leaders sometimes must choose between moral principles and tactical expediencies.
- The treaty was full of diplomatic expediencies rather than lasting solutions.