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unexpedient

unexpedient is the obsolete form of inexpedient.

Meaning of inexpedient

Adjective

inexpedient (comparative more inexpedient, superlative most inexpedient)

  1. Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; unsuitable to time and place
    • But the reputation of the Order must not be permitted to be endangered, and a case might occur, in which it would be inexpedient to extend this courtesy, and where the lodge would feel compelled to proceed to the trial and punishment of the offender, without appealing to his lodge.1856, Albert Mackey, chapter XXII, in The Principles of Masonic Law

Forms of unexpedient

comparativemore unexpedient
superlativemost unexpedient

Origin of unexpedient

From un- + expedient.

Questions about unexpedient

What is unexpedient the obsolete form of?
Unexpedient is the obsolete form of inexpedient.

Words near unexpedient in the dictionary

  1. unexpectedness
  2. unexpecteds
  3. unexpecting
  4. unexpectingly
  5. unexpectorated
  6. unexpedient
  7. unexpeditated
  8. unexpedited
  9. unexpeditious
  10. unexpelled
  11. unexpendable

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