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inexpedient
adjective as in futile
Example Sentences
Addressing what he said were “many questions as to why Shoigu and the chief of the general staff did not accompany the president during his trip,” Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said Tuesday: “Well, first of all, it was inexpedient to gather the commander in chief, the defense minister and the chief of the general staff all in one place. To give such a temptation to the enemy, well, of course it is a great risk.”
In a single tweet, the president reversed more than two years of staunch support for home rule—abandoning his principles the moment they became politically inexpedient.
“I found or devised something for you three weeks ago; but as you seemed both useful and happy here—as my sisters had evidently become attached to you, and your society gave them unusual pleasure—I deemed it inexpedient to break in on your mutual comfort till their approaching departure from Marsh End should render yours necessary.”
In this adaptation, she explained, the “repetition of the walking figure is disrupted by the apparent attempt of the performer to use unusual, inexpedient maneuvers to negotiate a bulky piece of furniture.”
While it acknowledged “the great evils arising from the condition of the coloured population of this commonwealth,” it concluded that it was “inexpedient for the present, to make any legislative enactments for the abolition of slavery.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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