| 单词 | inexpedient |
| 释义 | inexpedient (once / 8118 pages) adj WORD FAMILY inexpedient: inexpedience, inexpediency, inexpediently+/expedience: expediences/expediency: expediencies/expedient: expedience, expediency, expediently, expedients, inexpedient USAGE EXAMPLESOne was, that the loan could not be had—the other, that the war was inexpedient. Headley, Joel Tyler, The Second War with England, Vol. 1...(2012) 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. Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony, The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-...(2012) He does not defend the circulation of bad books as a necessary evil, which it is inexpedient or impossible to check. , Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume...(2012) 1adj not suitable or advisable an inexpedient tactic Syn|Ant disadvantageous constituting a disadvantage inadvisablenot advisable impoliticnot politic expedient serving to promote your interest advantageousgiving an advantage convenientsuited to your comfort or purpose or needs advantageousappropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness opportunist, opportunistic, timeservingtaking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit carpetbag, carpetbaggingpresumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality politicmarked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness useful, utilebeing of use or service 2adj not appropriate to the purpose Syn unwise impolitic not politic |
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