inexpedient

Examples

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• Unconscious elimination of data which are, or appear to be, inexpedient, begins to be habitual, a custom accepted by entire societies.

  Blog text (2)

• Yet, according to one Russian observer, as of spring 1997, "no one from the Russian Defense Ministry has been seen at the Marshall Center for a long time," and Russian military personnel invited to lecture at the center consistently decline, saying that to attend would be "inexpedient." 104

  Academic text (1999)

• And do what is politically inexpedient.

  Voyage of the Damned (1976)

• They wanted economic reforms because economic constraints made it politically inexpedient to continue with earlier policies.

  Academic text (1996)

• Second, the contributions made by Catholic schools to the war effort and to the training of military personnel would have made it politically inexpedient to exclude them from postwar benefits.

  Academic text (2002)

• The former was rejected out of hand as "evidently unjust." But his critique of the latter point, which he deemed "inexpedient," revealed his vision for the second branch of the Legislature:

  Academic text (2005)

• During the Vietnam era, it was the liberal Democrats who lacked the moral courage and forthrightness to accept their Vietnam policy as inexpedient, ineffective, immoral, and unlawful.

  Academic text (2006)

• All debt—private, financial, and governmental—ultimately falls onto the household balance sheet, and there is no way to repair the damage done by the bubble-and-bust without a period of frugality, however unpleasant and politically inexpedient this fact may be.

  Blog text (14)

• In taking the shortcut, he realized it was inexpedient and would only complicate things later.

• Although it seemed like a good idea at the time, delaying the decision turned out to be inexpedient.

Synonyms

U

unwise

vsinexpedient

40 3.5

A bad idea that shows a person does not think carefully

means it is not suitable or practical rather than merely a poor choice

I

impractical

vsinexpedient

38 5.3

Not sensible or likely to work in real life

focuses on lack of recommendation and prudence rather than practical failure

I

inadvisable

vsinexpedient

3 5.5

Not a good idea because it may cause problems

focuses on practical unsuitability rather than mere lack of recommendation

U

unadvisable

vsinexpedient

1 6.3

Not a good idea because it may cause harm or trouble

stresses unsuitability or impracticality beyond mere lack of recommendation

I

inapposite

vsinexpedient

1 9.9

Not suitable for a situation and therefore not important to the topic

covers unsuitability for practical or advisory reasons rather than only irrelevance

Antonyms

P

practical

507 2.6

About how something works in real life rather than in ideas

E

expedient

• Formal

20 7.3

Convenient or practical for achieving a goal even if not right

How Advisable

wise

758 2.1

advisable

23 3.9

inexpedient

• Formal

1 9.1

inadvisable

3 5.5

foolish

505 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology