Meaning of INEXPEDIENT
| Pronunciation: | | `inik'speedeeunt
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- [adj] not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic"
- [adj] not appropriate to the purpose
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| | Synonyms: | | inadvisable, unwise |
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| | Antonyms: | | expedient | | |
| | See Also: | | disadvantageous, harmful, impolitic | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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