inexpedient

[ in-ik-spee-dee-uh nt ]

/ ˌɪn ɪkˈspi di ənt /

not expedient; not suitable, judicious, or advisable.

Origin of inexpedient

First recorded in 1600–10; in-³ + expedient

in·ex·pe·di·ence, in·ex·pe·di·en·cy, noun in·ex·pe·di·ent·ly, adverb

To our readers it may appear to have been most gratuitous, unnecessary, and inexpedient.

Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite |Anthony Trollope
It may then be found that they are gross, absurd, or inexpedient.

Folkways |William Graham Sumner
But her station makes it inexpedient for her to turn reprover.

An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism |Catharine E. Beecher
So it is inexpedient to call that false or count that silly, which it is expedient should be presumed true.

The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire |T. R. Glover

But to do that with the Carillon was found to be inexpedient.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 |Various

inexpedient

/ (ˌɪnɪkˈspiːdɪənt) /

not suitable, advisable, or judicious

inexpedience or inexpediency, noun inexpediently, adverb