Inexpedient

4 definitions found

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

  Inexpedient \In`ex*pe"di*ent\, a.
     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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly inexpedient
           to use those ceremonies.                 --Bp. Burnet.
  
     Syn: Unwise; impolitic; imprudent; indiscreet; unprofitable;
          inadvisable; disadvantageous.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inexpedient
       adj 1: not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic" [ant: {expedient}]
       2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: {unwise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "inexpedient":
     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
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  INEXPEDIENT, adj.  Not calculated to advance one's interests.