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Webster 1913 Edition


Inexpediency

{

Inˊex-pe′di-ence

,

Inˊex-pe′di-en-cy

, }
Noun.
The quality or state of being inexpedient; lack of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety;
as, the
inexpedience
of some measures
.
It is not the rigor but the
inexpediency
of laws and acts of authority which makes them tyrannical.
Paley.

Definition 2024


inexpediency

inexpediency

English

Noun

inexpediency (countable and uncountable, plural inexpediencies)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being inexpedient
  2. (countable) An inexpedient action or statement