a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
expedient
| Kinds of ...: expedient |
kinds of:
- makeshift, stopgap — something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
- crutch — anything that serves as an expedient
- improvisation, temporary expedient — an unplanned expedient
- pis aller, last resort — French for `worst going'
| ... is a Kind of: expedient |
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