inexpedient

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    not suitable or advisable
    not appropriate to the purpose

Word Origin

inexpedient (adj.)
c. 1600, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + expedient. Related: Inexpedience; inexpediently.

Example

1. To rely on such a measure is inexpedient .
2. It was inexpedient for him to be seen to approve of the decision .
3. It would be inexpedient to inform them at this stage .
4. There was a general feeling against a female reign , both as inexpedient and as a violation of tradition .
5. In retrospection of the inexpedient reports on some emergencies , this article has an analysis on the current domestic political regulations related to information publication .

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