'Inexpedient' definitions:
Definition of 'inexpedient'
(from WordNet)
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]
Synonyms of 'inexpedient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bad,
- black,
- criminal,
- evil,
- futile,
- ill,
- ill-advised,
- ill-considered,
- ill-contrived,
- ill-devised,
- ill-gauged,
- ill-judged,
- ill-seasoned,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- impolitic,
- improper,
- imprudent,
- inaccurate,
- inadvisable,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- inauspicious,
- incongruous,
- inconsiderate,
- inconvenient,
- indiscreet,
- inept,
- infelicitous,
- inferior,
- injudicious,
- inopportune,
- insensate,
- intempestive,
- intrusive,
- invalid,
- irrational,
- irrelevant,
- late,
- mal a propos,
- malapropos,
- malevolent,
- mindless,
- misadvised,
- misguided,
- mistimed,
- myopic,
- off base,
- out of line,
- out of phase,
- out of place,
- out of time,
- peccant,
- premature,
- reasonless,
- reckless,
- senseless,
- shortsighted,
- sinful,
- sinister,
- thoughtless,
- too late,
- too soon,
- unadvised,
- unbefitting,
- unconsidered,
- undesirable,
- undiscerning,
- unfavorable,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unforeseeing,
- unfortunate,
- unhandy,
- unhappy,
- unhealthy,
- unkind,
- unlucky,
- unmeet,
- unpleasant,
- unprofitable,
- unpropitious,
- unready,
- unreasonable,
- unreflecting,
- unreflective,
- unripe,
- unseasonable,
- unseeing,
- unseemly,
- unsensible,
- unskillful,
- unsound,
- unsuitable,
- unthinking,
- unthoughtful,
- untimely,
- untoward,
- unwise,
- vicious,
- wicked,
- witless,
- wrong