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

The mill bill was dropped as inexpedient and last week Missouri's new sales tax law went into effect.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week he sat on a commission the majority of which believed it "inexpedient" to change the Church's name.

From Time Magazine Archive

It would be inexpedient to go into details about railway lines and other modern industrial enterprises by means of which Sun sought to modernize China.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony