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. [ 1913 Webster ]
If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly inexpedient to use those ceremonies. Bp. Burnet.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly inexpedient
to use those ceremonies. --Bp. Burnet.
Syn: Unwise; impolitic; imprudent; indiscreet; unprofitable;
inadvisable; disadvantageous.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inexpedient
adj 1: not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic" [ant:
{expedient}]
2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: {inexpedient}, {unwise}]
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