Dictionary Definition
inexpedient adj
1 not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient
tactic" [ant: expedient]
2 not appropriate to the purpose [syn: unwise]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
inexpedient- 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.
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bad,
black, criminal, evil, futile, ill, ill-advised, ill-considered,
ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged, ill-seasoned,
ill-suited, ill-timed, impolitic, improper, imprudent, inaccurate, inadvisable, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious, incongruous, inconsiderate, inconvenient, indiscreet, inept, infelicitous, inferior, injudicious, inopportune, insensate, intempestive, intrusive, invalid, irrational, irrelevant, late, mal a propos, malapropos, malevolent, mindless, misadvised, misguided, mistimed, myopic, off base, out of line,
out of phase, out of place, out of time, peccant, premature, reasonless, reckless, senseless, shortsighted, sinful, sinister, thoughtless, too late, too
soon, unadvised,
unbefitting,
unconsidered,
undesirable,
undiscerning,
unfavorable,
unfit, unfitting, unforeseeing, unfortunate, unhandy, unhappy, unhealthy, unkind, unlucky, unmeet, unpleasant, unprofitable, unpropitious, unready, unreasonable, unreflecting, unreflective, unripe, unseasonable, unseeing, unseemly, unsensible, unskillful, unsound, unsuitable, unthinking, unthoughtful, untimely, untoward, unwise, vicious, wicked, witless, wrong