Meanings
comparative more inexpedient · superlative most inexpedient
- Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; unsuitable to time and place
But the reputation of the Order must not be permitted to be endangered, and a case might occur, in which it would be inexpedient to extend this courtesy, and where the lodge would feel compelled to proceed to the trial and punishment of the offender, without appealing to his lodge.
1856, Albert Mackey, chapter XXII, in The Principles of Masonic Law
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Middle Englishin-
- Englishin-
- Englishexpedient
- Englishinexpedient
Translations
Bulgarian неподходящ, нецелесъобразен
- неподходящ (nepodhodjašt)not tending to promote a purpose
- нецелесъобразен (necelesăobrazen)not tending to promote a purpose
Danish uhensigtsmæssig
- uhensigtsmæssignot tending to promote a purpose
Dutch ondoelmatig, ongeschikt
- ondoelmatignot tending to promote a purpose
- ongeschiktnot tending to promote a purpose
- onverstandignot tending to promote a purpose
Finnish epätarkoituksenmukainen
- epätarkoituksenmukainennot tending to promote a purpose
Hungarian célszerűtlen, alkalmatlan
- célszerűtlennot tending to promote a purpose
- alkalmatlannot tending to promote a purpose
Italian infruttuoso, inefficiente
- infruttuosonot tending to promote a purpose
- inefficientenot tending to promote a purpose
Latin inexpediēns
- inexpediēnsnot tending to promote a purpose
Polish niecelowy
- niecelowynot tending to promote a purpose
Russian нецелесообра́зный
- нецелесообра́зный (necelesoobráznyj)not tending to promote a purpose
Swedish oändamålsenlig
- oändamålsenlignot tending to promote a purpose
Ukrainian недоці́льний
- недоці́льний (nedocílʹnyj)not tending to promote a purpose
Cite this entry
inexpedient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexpedient
“inexpedient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexpedient. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inexpedient,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexpedient.
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