Inexpedient

Definitions: Inexpedient

Inexpedient

Adjective

1. Not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic".

2. Not appropriate to the purpose.

Date "inexpedient" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	INEXPEDIENT, adj. Not calculated to advance one's interests. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
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Synonym: Inexpedient

Synonym: unwise (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: expedient (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Imbecility Folly	Foolish, unwise, injudicious, improper, unreasonable, without reason, ridiculous, absurd, idiotic, silly, stupid, asinine; ill-imagined, ill-advised, ill-judged, ill-devised; mal entendu; inconsistent, irrational, unphilosophical; extravagant; (nonsensical); sleeveless, idle; pointless, useless; inexpedient; frivolous; (trivial).
Inexpedience	Verb: be inexpedient; Adjective:; come amiss; (disagree); embarrass; (hinder); put to inconvenience; pay too dear for one's whistle.
	Unadvisable; (inexpedient); unprofitable; (useless); incompetent; (unskillful); irremediable; (hopeless).
	Adjective: inexpedient, undesirable; unadvisable, inadvisable; objectionable; inapt, ineligible, inadmissible, inconvenient; incommodious, discommodious; disadvantageous; inappropriate, unfit; (inconsonant).
Untimeliness	Adjective: ill-timed, mistimed; ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred; untimely, unseasonable; out of date, out of season; inopportune, timeless, intrusive, untoward, mal a propos, unlucky, inauspicious, infelicitous, unbefitting, unpropitious, unfortunate, unfavorable; unsuited; inexpedient.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Inexpedient

English words defined with "inexpedient": inexpediently ♦ Unexpedient. (references)

Specialty definitions using "inexpedient": Annus Luctus ♦ IMMORAL, INEXPEDIENT. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be considered wrong, wicked, immoral. If man's notions of right and wrong have any other basis than this of expediency; if they originated, or could have originated, in any other way; if actions have in themselves a moral character apart from, and nowise dependent on, their consequences -- then all philosophy is a lie and reason a disorder of the mind.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	The whole principle on which they are based is deemed by many unconstitutional, and to persist in the policy which they indicate is considered wholly inexpedient.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Inexpedient" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inexpedient" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	4	175,879

Expression using "inexpedient": be inexpedient. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "inexpedient"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i paqëllim (aimless, desultory, endless, inadvertent). (various references)

Arabic		‏لا يستحق, ‏غير مناسب (ill timed, improper, inadvisable, inappropriate, incongruous, inept, undue, wrong), ‏اخرق (lumbering, lumpish). (various references)

Bulgarian		неуместен (ill-judged, impertinent, improper, inapposite, inappropriate, incongruous, inconsequent, inept, injudicious, inopportune, irrelevant, mistaken, out of place, unadvised, uncalled for, unfortunate, unseasonable, unsuitable), нецелесъобразен, ненавременен (ill timed, ill-judged, importune, inopportune, premature, unseasonable, unseemly, untimely). (various references)

Chinese		不适�" (inadequacy, inappropriate, inept, ineptness). (various references)

Czech		nevhodný (clumsy, ill timed, impolitic, improper, inadequate, inadvisable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconvenient, ineligible, inopportune, misbecoming, off-key, unappropriated, unapt, unbecoming, uncalled for, undesirable, undue, unfit, unlikely, unlucky, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely). (various references)

Farsi		غیرمقتضی (Inadvisable, Inappropriate, Infelicitous). (various references)

Finnish		tarkoitustaan vastaamaton (unsuited). (various references)

French		inopportun (inapposite, inappropriate, inconvenient, inopportune), peu judicieux (indiscreet, injudicious), malavisé (injudicious). (various references)

German		unzweckmäßig (impracticable, inappropriate, unsuitable, unsuitably). (various references)

Greek		ασύνετοσ (ill-advised, impolitic, imprudent, inalienability, indiscreet, injudicious, unwise), ασύμφοροσ (impolitic, unadvisable, uneconomic, unprofitable), ανάρμοστοσ (improper, incongruous, inept, unbecoming, unbefitting, ungentlemanly, unneighborly, unneighbourly, unsuited). (various references)

Hebrew		לא כ�"אי. (various references)

Hungarian		célszerûtlen (inadvisable), alkalmatlan (awkward, importunate, inadequate, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incompetent, inconvenient, ineligible, inept, inopportune, mistimed, trying, unfeasible, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited, unwelcome). (various references)

Manx		meehraaoil (ill-timed, inapt, incongruous, inept, inopportune, misplaced, out of place). (various references)

Norwegian		uhensiktsmessig. (various references)

Pig Latin		inexpedientay

Portuguese		inoportuno (bad, embarrassing, goodygoody, gooey, ill treat, immaturity, imperturbability, importunate, inalienability, inapposite, inconvenient, inopportune, not fitting, timeless, uncalled for, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely), inoportunidade (inexpediency), inconveniente (abuse, draw-bar, fie-fie, harm, improper, incongruous, inconvenience, inconvenient, indecent, indecorum, indemnification, inopportune, scurrilous, unbecoming, unbefitting, undesirable, unprintable, unseemly, unsuitable, untoward), fora de propósito (Amiss, ill treat, inapposite, inaptitude, uncalled for). (various references)

Romanian		inoportun (annoying, ill timed, ill-favored, ill-favoured, inconvenient, inopportune, malapropos, pointless, timeless, undue, unseasonable, untimely), zadarnic (abortive, bootless, fruitless, futile, idle, ineffective, ineffectual, ineffectually, naught, nugatory, otiose, sinful, to no end, unavailing, unfruitful, unnecessary, useless, vain), nepotrivit (awkward, bad, discordant, dissonant, ill-matched, ill-sorted, improper, inadequate, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incongruous, inconsistent, incorrect, ineligible, inept, infelicitous, inopportune, insufficient, intrusive, irrelevant, malapropos, misbecoming, off color, off colour, out of character, out of date, out of point, timeless, unapt, unbecoming, uncalled for, uncomely, undue, unequal, unfit, unmeet, unseasonable, untimely, unwarranted). (various references)

Russian		нецелесообразный (inadvisable), неблагоразумный (ill-advised, imprudent, indiscreet, unreasonable, unwise). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nepodesan (discordant, impaired, improper, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconvenient, inept, quaint, unaccommodating, unapt, unbefitting, undue, unsuitable, unsuited). (various references)

Spanish		inoportuno (ill-time, inconvenient, inopportune, irrelevant, unfitting, unfortunate, unhappy, unpassable, unseasonable, untimely, wrong), inconveniente (difficulty, disadvantage, drawback, inconvenient, objection, obstacle, trouble, troubled, unsuitable, untoward). (various references)

Swedish		inte tillrådlig (inadvisable), olämplig (ill timed, improper, inadequate, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incongruous, inconvenient, incorrect, ineligible, inept, infelicitous, inopportune, misguided, unfit, unfitting, unseasonable, unsuitable, unsuited), oklok (ill-advised, ill-judged, impolitic, imprudent, inadvisable, unadvised, unwise). (various references)

Turkish		yersiz (Amiss, baseless, beside the point, digressive, discursive, idle, ill timed, impertinent, improper, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, indiscreet, inept, infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune, irrelevant, malapropos, out of place, out of turn, uncalled for, uncomely, undue, unhappy, unjustifiable, unseasonable, untimely, untoward, unwarranted), yararsız (bootless, footless, gainless, invalid, it's no use, no good, of no avail, otiose, pointless, profitless, unobliging, unserviceable, useless), uygunsuz (derogatory, illegitimate, impolitic, improper, inapposite, inappropriate, incongruous, inconvenient, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, ineligible, infelicitous, malapropos, near the knuckle, obnoxious, unbecoming, unbefitting, unbeseeming, uncalled for, unchristian, uncomely, unhandsome, unpropitious, unseemly, unsuitable, untoward, wrong), münasebetsiz (gauche, impertinent, improper, inapposite, incorrect, inopportune, malapropos, near the knuckle, unhappy, unseemly, untimely), akılsızca (fatuously, foolishly), akılsız (buggy, bughouse, emptyheaded, fatuous, feather brain, feather-brained, fool, foolish, goofy, gormless, ill-advised, irrational, mindless, preposterous, unintelligent, unreasoning, unwise, vacant, witless). (various references)

Ukranian		недоцільний (inadvisable, non-productive, unpractical). (various references)

Vietnamese		không thiết thực; không thích hợp, không có lợi (profitless, unbeneficial, unprofitable, unremunerative). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	inutile, inutilem, inutiles, inutilia, inutilis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "inexpedient": inexpediently. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "inexpedient" (pronounced 'In`ex*pe"di*ent'): Abandonment, Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abhorrent, Abiliment, Abjurement, Abluent, Abodement, Abolishment, Aborsement, Abortifacient, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Acaulescent, Accident, Accipient, Acclimatement, Accompaniment, Accomplishment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accouplement, Accrescent, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acharnement, Acidulent, Acknowledgment, Acquiescent, Acquirement, Acquitment, Additament, Adducent, Adipescent, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjument, Adjustment, Admonishment, Adnascent, Adorement, Adornment, Adstringent, Advancement, Advenient. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-i-i-n-n-p-t-x"
	-2 letters: expedient.
	-3 letters: endexine, expedite.
	-4 letters: dentine, pendent, pentene.
	-5 letters: deepen, dentin, dipnet, endite, exited, expend, extend, indene, indent, indite, intend, intine, peened, peined, penned, pinene, pinite, pinned, pitied, tenpin, tiepin, tineid, tinned.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-i-i-n-n-p-t-x"
	+2 letters: inexpediently.
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