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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