About The Word Inexpedient
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Inexpedient
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What's The Definition Of Inexpedient?
[adj] not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic"
[adj] not appropriate to the purpose Synonyms | Synonyms for Inexpedient: inadvisable | unwise Related Terms | Find terms related to Inexpedient: bad | black | criminal | evil | futile | ill | ill-advised | ill-considered | ill-contrived | ill-devised | ill-gauged | ill-judged | ill-seasoned | ill-suited | ill-timed | impolitic | improper | imprudent | inaccurate | inadvisable | inappropriate | inapt | inauspicious | incongruous | inconsiderate | inconvenient | indiscreet | inept | infelicitous | inferior | injudicious | inopportune | insensate | intempestive | intrusive | invalid | irrational | irrelevant | late | mal a propos | malapropos | malevolent | mindless | misadvised | misguided | mistimed | myopic | off base | out of line | out of phase | out of place | out of time | peccant | premature | reasonless | reckless | senseless | shortsighted | sinful | sinister | thoughtless | too late | too soon | unadvised | unbefitting | unconsidered | undesirable | undiscerning | unfavorable | unfit | unfitting | unforeseeing | unfortunate | unhandy | unhappy | unhealthy | unkind | unlucky | unmeet | unpleasant | unprofitable | unpropitious | unready | unreasonable | unreflecting | unreflective | unripe | unseasonable | unseeing | unseemly | unsensible | unskillful | unsound | unsuitable | unthinking | unthoughtful | untimely | untoward | unwise | vicious | wicked | witless | wrong See Also | disadvantageous | harmful | impolitic Inexpedient In Webster's Dictionary \In`ex*pe"di*ent\, a.
Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending
to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable
to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be
inexpedient at another.
If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly inexpedient
to use those ceremonies. --Bp. Burnet.
Syn: Unwise; impolitic; imprudent; indiscreet; unprofitable;
inadvisable; disadvantageous.
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