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INEXPEDIENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inexpedience mean?
• INEXPEDIENCE (noun)
The noun INEXPEDIENCE has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being unsuited to the end in view
Familiarity information: INEXPEDIENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being unsuited to the end in view
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
inexpedience; inexpediency
Hypernyms ("inexpedience" is a kind of...):
disadvantage (the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position)
Antonym:
expedience (the quality of being suited to the end in view)
Derivation:
inexpedient (not suitable or advisable)
inexpedient (not appropriate to the purpose)
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