'Inexpedient' definitions:

Definition of 'inexpedient'

From: WordNet
adjective
Not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic" [ant: expedient]
adjective
Not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise]

Definition of 'Inexpedient'

From: 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]

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