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inexpedient

🇬🇧 UK/.inik'spi:djәnt/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Not suitable or advisable for a particular purpose; unwise or impractical.

不适当的，不明智的，失策的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
+
expediroot
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entperforming, being in a state
=inexpedient

Common Collocations

  • 1.inexpedient decision不适当的决定
  • 2.[inexpedient] measure[失策的]措施
  • 3.[inexpedient] action[不明智的]行动

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    It would be inexpedient to make such a major decision without proper consultation.

  • 2.

    The lawyer advised that pursuing the lawsuit would be inexpedient for his client.

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