INEXPEDIENCY

inexpedience, inexpediency

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

inexpediency (countable and uncountable, plural inexpediencies)

(uncountable) The condition of being inexpedient.

(countable) An inexpedient action or statement.

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

6 June 2025

PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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