Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Not expedient; inadvisable: an inexpedient tactic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not expedient; not suited to the purpose or the circumstances; not judicious or advisable.
- Synonyms Unadvisable.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. not appropriate to the purpose
- adj. not suitable or advisable
Etymologies
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Examples
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If it was "inexpedient" to stress the slogan of a Native Republic in 1935 it was probably just as inexpedient to do so in 1931, and Bunting was probably right.
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In protest against the alleged usurpations of secular power Pope Pius IX. promulgated, in 1883, the memorable decree _Non Expedit_, by which it was declared "inexpedient" that Catholics should vote at parliamentary elections.
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Many who were not in sympathy with the men or the methods assailed thought that its course was "inexpedient,"
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Hill of Georgia, all senators of the United States, are the committee that report it "inexpedient" to secure equal rights to the women of the United States.
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The report of the committee on finance as to the expediency of amending the 5th section of chapter 53 of the Code of Virginia of 1860, concluding with a resolution that it is inexpedient to legislate on the subject, was taken up, on motion of Mr. AMBERS; and the question being on agreeing to the resolution, Mr. AMBERS moved to amend the resolution by striking out "inexpedient," and inserting "expedient;" and the question being on agreeing thereto, was put, and decided in the negative.
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'inexpedient'_ to do so; and gives the reason why it is inexpedient.
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Act of 1857.] [Footnote 66: House Journal, p. 62.] [Footnote 67: The assembly substituted the word "inexpedient" for
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Possible her public expression of her view made it inexpedient for Osborne to announce they would abolish the 50p rate.
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It was thenceforth no longer a question, whether this theorem or that was true, but whether it was useful to capital or harmful, expedient or inexpedient, politically dangerous or not.
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Shortly after Mr. Ford was designated vice president, she made the politically inexpedient remark that she would prefer her husband not seek the presidency in 1976.
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