inexpediency

Questions about inexpediency

What does inexpediency mean?

inexpediency means "the quality of being unsuited to the end in view".

How many syllables are in inexpediency?

inexpediency has 5 syllables and divides as i-nex-pe-dien-cy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for inexpediency?

Close synonyms include inexpedience. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of inexpediency?

The recorded antonyms are expediency.

Is inexpediency a common word?

inexpediency is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.