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inexpedient

[in-ik-spee-dee-uhnt] / ˌɪn ɪkˈspi di ənt /


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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

Before the War, the late devious Novelist Henry James, encountering Authoress Harris, went so far as not to deem it inexpedient to encourage her with her writing.

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

Contesting with Ford in the U. S. the German decided was inexpedient.

From Time Magazine Archive

But as the exhibition of the slightest repulsion or feeling would have been not merely inexpedient, but highly dangerous, he was constrained to master himself.

From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Bertram Mitford




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