inexpedient
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Just as it was wrong and inexpedient for medieval France to demonise the Protestants, so too it would be wrong for today's politicians to demonise Islam or its followers.
From Economist ● May 9, 2017
The mill bill was dropped as inexpedient and last week Missouri's new sales tax law went into effect.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week he sat on a commission the majority of which believed it "inexpedient" to change the Church's name.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before the War, the late devious Novelist Henry James, encountering Authoress Harris, went so far as not to deem it inexpedient to encourage her with her writing.
From Time Magazine Archive
That the practice was inexpedient, but so far innocent as to be left to the discretion of the parties, which he believed was the opinion of sober-minded people generally in this country. 3d.
From Discussion on American Slavery by Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge
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