inexpedient

What does inexpedient mean?

inexpedient means "not suitable or advisable". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inexpedient?

inexpedient has 4 syllables and divides as i-nex-pe-dient 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 inexpedient?

Close synonyms include unwise. 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 inexpedient?

The recorded antonyms are expedient.

Is inexpedient a common word?

inexpedient 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for inexpedient come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.