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inexpediency
noun[ U ]
formaluk /ˌɪn.ɪkˈspiː.di.ən.si/ us /ˌɪn.ɪkˈspiː.di.ən.si/
the fact of not being helpful or useful in a particular situation:
We agreed about the inexpediency of following the standard procedure on this occasion.
Eventually, the policy was abandoned on the grounds of political inexpediency.
I was concerned about the inexpediency of allowing a small number of individuals to control so much land.
He argued that the law itself was fair, despite the inexpediency of applying it in this case.
They wanted to minimize inexpediency in the way the business operated.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Useless and futile
adrift
aimless
aimlessly
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airy-fairy
fruitless
fruitlessly
fruitlessness
futile
futilely
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no goodidiom
non-viable
nugatory
ornamental
unrealistic
unrealistically
unseriousness
until you are blue in the faceidiom
unviability
Synonym
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