Inexpediency

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inexpedience \In`ex*pe"di*ence\, Inexpediency
  \In`ex*pe"di*en*cy\, n.
     The quality or state of being inexpedient; lack of fitness;
     unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the
     inexpedience of some measures.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           It is not the rigor but the inexpediency of laws and
           acts of authority which makes them tyrannical. --Paley.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inexpediency
       n : the quality of being unsuited to the end in view [syn: {inexpedience}]
           [ant: {expedience}, {expedience}]