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inexpediency

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Inexpedience \In`ex*pe"di*ence\, Inexpediency
\In`ex*pe"di*en*cy\, n.
   The quality or state of being inexpedient; want of fitness;
   unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the
   inexpedience of some measures.

         It is not the rigor but the inexpediency of laws and
         acts of authority which makes them tyrannical. --Paley.

Source : WordNet®

inexpediency
     n : the quality of being unsuited to the end in view [syn: {inexpedience}]
         [ant: {expedience}, {expedience}]
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