Translations for expediency in the English»Spanish Dictionary

expediency [Am ɪkˈspidiənsi, Brit ɪkˈspiːdɪənsi, ɛkˈspiːdɪənsi], expedience [-əns] N U

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1. expediency (self-interest):

expediency

expediency

interés m personal

his life was guided by the principle of expediency

el oportunismo dirigía su vida

2. expediency (advisability):

expediency form

Translations for expediency in the English»Spanish Dictionary

expedience N, expediency [ɪkˈspi:diəntsi] N no pl

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1. expedience (advisability):

as a matter of expedience we will not be taking on any new staff this year

no nos conviene contratar a más personal este año

2. expedience (self-interest):

to operate on the basis of expedience

actuar por conveniencia

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This use of the environment for practical expediency is a sphere which man and the animal have in common. en.wikipedia.org

Then it was given to the expediency discernment council. en.wikipedia.org

It has been suggested that his qualified acceptance stemmed from political expediency. en.wikipedia.org

Researchers expediencies and biases, whether overt or unintentional, can lower construct validity by clouding the effect of the research variable. en.wikipedia.org

Its release should be based on public interest, not political expediency. en.wikipedia.org

Looking always for honest men, he found but a few in public life whose motives were not those of self-serving expediency; and he said so. en.wikipedia.org

These violent gangster thrillers typically focus on men bound by honor and loyalty, at odds with contemporary values of impermanence and expediency. en.wikipedia.org

Owing to its greater expediency and speed, dye-terminator sequencing is now the mainstay in automated sequencing. en.wikipedia.org

This too reveals that his conversion was for reasons of expediency. en.wikipedia.org

The details from the fabricator reflect both material availability and production expediency. en.wikipedia.org

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