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INEXPEDIENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not suitable or advisable
Example:
an inexpedient tactic
Classified under:
Similar:
inadvisable (not advisable)
Also:
disadvantageous; unfavorable; unfavourable (involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness)
impolitic (not politic)
Antonym:
expedient (serving to promote your interest)
Derivation:
inexpedience; inexpediency (the quality of being unsuited to the end in view)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not appropriate to the purpose
Synonyms:
inexpedient; unwise
Classified under:
Similar:
impolitic (not politic)
Derivation:
inexpedience; inexpediency (the quality of being unsuited to the end in view)
