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The quality of being unsuited to the end in view
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inexpediency
Word definitions for inexpediency in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inexpedience \In`ex*pe"di*ence\, Inexpediency \In`ex*pe"di*en*cy\, n. The quality or state of being inexpedient; lack of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of some measures. It is not the rigor but the inexpediency ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being unsuited to the end in view [syn: inexpedience ] [ant: expedience , expedience ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The condition of being inexpedient 2 (context countable English) An inexpedient action or statement
Usage examples of inexpediency.
And hence all social inequalities which have ceased to be considered expedient, assume the character not of simple inexpediency, but of injustice, and appear so tyrannical, that people are apt to wonder how they ever could have.