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

26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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