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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not suitable or advisable;
- Example: "an inexpedient tactic"

2. not appropriate to the purpose;
[syn: inexpedient, unwise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inexpedient adj 1: not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic" [ant: expedient] 2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

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