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inexpedient
(encz) | inexpedient,bezúčelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Inexpedient
(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.
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inexpedient
(wn) | inexpedient
adj 1: not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic" [ant:
expedient]
2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise] |
inexpedient
(devil) | INEXPEDIENT, adj. Not calculated to advance one's interests.
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inexpediently
(encz) | inexpediently, adv: |
Inexpedient
(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] |
Inexpediently
(gcide) | Inexpediently \In`ex*pe"di*ent*ly\, adv.
Not expediently; unfitly.
[1913 Webster] |
inexpediently
(wn) | inexpediently
adv 1: in an inexpedient manner [ant: expediently,
inadvisably] |
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