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
Last week he sat on a commission the majority of which believed it "inexpedient" to change the Church's name.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he added diplomatically that it would be "inexpedient" for them ever to meet again.
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
On this being pronounced inexpedient, the Canadians asked that one of the Queen's sons might be Governor-General.
From Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 by Edward VII
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