noun
- methods or means used to achieve a particular end, especially when other methods have failed or are not available
Usage: plural form of expedient
Examples
- The government resorted to various expedients to control inflation.
- When the main road was blocked, we tried several expedients to reach our destination.
- The company used temporary expedients to solve the staffing shortage.
- Political expedients often conflict with moral principles.
- The teacher employed creative expedients to engage her students.
- Emergency expedients were put in place after the natural disaster.