inexpedient
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Just as it was wrong and inexpedient for medieval France to demonise the Protestants, so too it would be wrong for today's politicians to demonise Islam or its followers.
From Economist ● May 9, 2017
But he added diplomatically that it would be "inexpedient" for them ever to meet again.
From Time Magazine Archive
The suggestion I am about to make," wrote Mr. Boyd, "may at first glance seem inexpedient, but I believe it has real merit and I urge you to give it very serious consideration.
From Time Magazine Archive
She is so great a success that, for the purposes of the picture at least, to withdraw is inexpedient.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But a man may have matters to take up his attention, and his movements also, that he may deem it inexpedient to talk of to his wife."
From The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
