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Princeton's WordNet

  1. inexpedience, inexpediencynoun

    the quality of being unsuited to the end in view

Wiktionary

  1. inexpediencynoun

    The condition of being inexpedient

  2. inexpediencynoun

    An inexpedient action or statement

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Inexpedience, Inexpediencynoun

    Want of fitness; want of propriety; unsuitableness to time or place; inconvenience.

    Etymology: in and expediency.

    It concerneth superiours to look well to the expediency and inexpediency of what they enjoin in different things. Robert Sanderson.

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  1. inexpediency

    Inexpediency refers to the lack of suitability or fitness towards achieving a particular purpose or goal. It relates to actions or decisions that are not practical, wise, advisable, or beneficial in a certain context or situation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inexpediencynoun

    the quality or state of being inexpedient; want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of some measures

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inexpediency in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inexpediency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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