EXPEDIENT
expedient
Noun
- A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
Adjective
- Simple, easy, or quick; convenient.
- Most people, faced with a decision, will choose the most expedient option.
- Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.
- Quick; rapid; expeditious.
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