S vs Expediency - What's the difference?
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The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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(uncountable) 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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(uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
(obsolete) Haste; dispatch.
(countable) An expedient.
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.As a noun expediency is
(uncountable) the quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.s
Translingual
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Symbol
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(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }}expediency
English
Noun
- Divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice.
- Much declamation may be heard in the present day against expediency , as if it were not the proper object of a deliberative assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled.