(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
CoganDivine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice.
WhatelyMuch 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.
(uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
