inexpedient

American  

[in-ik-spee-dee-uhnt] / ˌɪn ɪkˈspi di ənt /

adjective

1. not expedient; not suitable, judicious, or advisable.

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inexpedient British  

/ ˌɪnɪkˈspiːdɪənt /

adjective

1. not suitable, advisable, or judicious

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Other Word Forms

• inexpedience
  noun
• inexpediency
  noun
• inexpediently
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of inexpedient

First recorded in 1600–10; in- ³ + expedient

Example Sentences

Inexpedient, indeed, the dismissal of the preceding ministry is generally considered to have been, even in the interest of the Conservatives themselves.

From The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 by Yonge, Charles Duke

"Inexpedient under present conditions," was the way they put it.

From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster

"What I meant was, that though I regard the proposition as inexpedient—" "Inexpedient!"

From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony

Inexpedient, in-eks-pē′di-ent, adj. not tending to promote any end: unfit: inconvenient.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various