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TEMPORARY EXPEDIENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does temporary expedient mean?
• TEMPORARY EXPEDIENT (noun)
The noun TEMPORARY EXPEDIENT has 1 sense:
1. an unplanned expedient
Familiarity information: TEMPORARY EXPEDIENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unplanned expedient
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
improvisation; temporary expedient
Hypernyms ("temporary expedient" is a kind of...):
expedient (a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one)
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