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

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

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

Chancel screens, with or without gates, are lawful, but chancellors of dioceses have refused to grant a faculty to erect gates, as unnecessary or inexpedient.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various