inexpedient
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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
Explained Kreisler: "I found it inexpedient and tactless to repeat my name endlessly in the programs."
From Time Magazine Archive
But he added diplomatically that it would be "inexpedient" for them ever to meet again.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
On the other hand, it is obviously inexpedient to wait for the return of the salmon, since, in that case, we may not reach the Missouri before the ice will prevent our navigating it.
From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Thomas Bulfinch
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