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inexpedient
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
in·ex·pe·di·ent       [in-ik-spee-dee-uhnt] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
not expedient; not suitable, judicious, or advisable.

[Origin: 1600–10; in-3 + expedient]

in·ex·pe·di·ence, in·ex·pe·di·en·cy, noun
in·ex·pe·di·ent·ly, adverb
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in·ex·pe·di·ent       (ĭn'ĭk-spē'dē-ənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Not expedient; inadvisable: an inexpedient tactic.

in'ex·pe'di·ence, in'ex·pe'di·en·cy n., in'ex·pe'di·ent·ly adv.
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inexpedient 
1608, from in- "not" + expedient (q.v.).

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inexpedient

adjective
1. not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic" [ant: expedient
2. not appropriate to the purpose 

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Inexpedient

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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