Vocabulary
Expediency
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral; convenience.
Urdu meaning
مصلحت، خود غرضی، ضرورت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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(Members of the Baghdad Pact (later Cento) included Iran, Turkiye, the UK and Pakistan but not the US).Should such lessons in political expediency be heeded by today`s leaders?
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Betrayal, Inc.
— 2026-04-23
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In short, political expediency and illegal jirgas that wield a brutal hold over rural populations are the prime culprits behind the prevalence of misogynistic customs.
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Savage `honour`
— 2026-04-18
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Such provisions point not to justice, but to expediency and retribution.
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Executing Palestinians
— 2026-04-01
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It yielded to political expediency, resulting in pernicious policies and regulations.One may also note that the policy under discussion only applies to customers with threephase meters.
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Solar without net metering
— 2026-02-18
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acts upon expediency.` The days of detachable monarchs have gone.
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Head transplants
— 2026-01-22
Synonyms
convenience, advantage, advantageous, usefulness, utility, benefit, profitability,
Curator example
“an act of political expediency”
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