What does inexpedient mean?
Definitions for inexpedient
ˌɪn ɪkˈspi di əntin·ex·pe·di·ent
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Princeton's WordNet
inexpedientadjective
not suitable or advisable
"an inexpedient tactic"
inexpedient, unwiseadjective
not appropriate to the purpose
Wiktionary
inexpedientadjective
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.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Inexpedientadjective
Inconvenient; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time or place.
Etymology: in and expedient.
It is not inexpedient they should be known to come from a person altogether a stranger to chymical affairs. Boyle.
We should be prepared not only with patience to bear, but to receive with thankfulness a repulse, if God should see them to be inexpedient. George Smalridge, Sermons.
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inexpedient
Inexpedient refers to something that is not advisable, suitable, or practical under the circumstances. It implies an action or decision that is unlikely to result in the desired or beneficial outcome.
Webster Dictionary
Inexpedientadjective
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
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Inexpedient
in-eks-pē′di-ent, adj. not tending to promote any end: unfit: inconvenient.—ns. Inexpē′dience, Inexpē′diency.—adv. Inexpē′diently.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of inexpedient in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of inexpedient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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- uhensigtsmæssigtDanish
- célszerűtlen, alkalmatlanHungarian
- uhensiktsmessigNorwegian
- inconvenientePortuguese
- olämpligtSwedish
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