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inexpedient

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

inexpedient
     adj 1: not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic" [ant: {expedient}]
     2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: {unwise}]
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