Wordie: Expedient

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(adj): appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness

(adj): taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit

(adj): presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality

(adj): appropriate to a purpose; practical

(adj): vs. impolitic) -- (marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness

(n): a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

(n): how a result is obtained or an end is achieved

noun, adjective

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