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

Just as it was wrong and inexpedient for medieval France to demonise the Protestants, so too it would be wrong for today's politicians to demonise Islam or its followers.

From Economist • May 9, 2017

Before the War, the late devious Novelist Henry James, encountering Authoress Harris, went so far as not to deem it inexpedient to encourage her with her writing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week he sat on a commission the majority of which believed it "inexpedient" to change the Church's name.

From Time Magazine Archive

But he added diplomatically that it would be "inexpedient" for them ever to meet again.

From Time Magazine Archive

Granted for a single moment that it had been inexpedient to leave Trevlyn Hold to an infant, it was not to you it should have been left.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry