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Thesaurus: inexpedient

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.

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  1. 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.
  2. adj. not suitable or advisable
  3. adj. not appropriate to the purpose
  4. 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.
  5. Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending tothe end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time andplace; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient atanother.If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly inexpedient to use thoseceremonies. Bp. Burnet.
  6. a. not suitable or advisable s. not appropriate to the purpose