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
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
Explained Kreisler: "I found it inexpedient and tactless to repeat my name endlessly in the programs."
From Time Magazine Archive
The mill bill was dropped as inexpedient and last week Missouri's new sales tax law went into effect.
From Time Magazine Archive
The existing ordinance of the city rendered it impossible to comply with this suggestion; and indeed it seemed to be, on other grounds, inexpedient.
From The Will of Samuel Appleton with remarks by one of the executors by Samuel Appleton
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