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inexpedient

Definitions of inexpedient
  1. adjective
    not suitable or advisable
    “an inexpedient tactic”
    synonyms:
    disadvantageous
    constituting a disadvantage
    inadvisable
    not advisable
    impolitic
    lacking tact, shrewdness, or prudence
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    antonyms:
    expedient
    serving to promote your interest
    advantageous
    giving an advantage
    convenient
    suited to your comfort or purpose or needs
    advantageous
    appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
    opportunist, opportunistic, timeserving
    taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
    carpetbag, carpetbagging
    presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
    politic
    marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
    useful, utile
    being of use or service
  2. adjective
    not appropriate to the purpose
    synonyms: unwise
    impolitic
    lacking tact, shrewdness, or prudence
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