expedient

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1 a temporary replacement
  • if you're a spectator caught without rainwear at a sporting event, then a plastic garbage bag makes an acceptable, if unfashionable, expedient
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2 an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result
  • he vowed to use any expedient available to get the project done on time
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3 something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available
  • since there wasn't a single bandage left in our backpacks, we had to use a bandanna, our only expedient
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