INEXPEDIENCE

inexpedience, inexpediency

(noun) the quality of being unsuited to the end in view

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

inexpedience (usually uncountable, plural inexpediences)

The quality or state of being inexpedient; unsuitableness or impropriety.

Source: Wiktionary


In`ex*pe"di*ence, In`ex*pe"di*en*cy, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being inexpedient; want 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 January 2025

HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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Coffee Trivia

Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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