expediency

suomi-englanti sanakirja

expediency englannista suomeksi

1. tarkoituksenmukaisuus

0. Substantiivi

1. tarkoituksenmukaisuus

expediency englanniksi

1. The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.

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2. {{quote-text|en|year=1810|author=Thomas Cogan|title=An Ethical Treatise on the Passions and Affections of the Mind|pageurl=https://books.google.de/books?id=q3hRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA137&ots=38DXI4io3n&dq=cogan%20divine%20wisdom%20discovers%20no%20expediency%20in%20vice&hl=de&pg=PA137v=onepage&q&f=false|page=137

3. {{quote-text|en|year=1828|author=Richard Whately|title=Elements of Rhetoric|section=part II, p. 214

4. (quote-book): From Union to Devolution|title=Unlocking Scots: The Secret Life of the Scots Language|isbn=9781804250495|oclc=1351463323|publisher=Luath Press Limited|location=Edinburgh|page=76|passage=However, by that time the powerful tides of political unionism, metropolitan fashion and commercial expediency were flowing against the language, at least among the Scottish elites.

5. Pursuit of the of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.

6. (RQ:Landon Francesca Carrara)

7. (quote-web)

8. Haste; dispatch.

9. An expedient.