| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers | | Division (I) Individual Volition | | Section II. Prospective Volition |
| 2. Degree of Subservience |
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| 647. Inexpedience. |
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| NOUN: | INEXPEDIENCE or inexpediency, undesirability, undesirableness &c. adj.; discommodity, impropriety; unfitness (disagreement) [See Disagreement]; inutility [See Inutility]; disadvantage, disadvantageousness, inconvenience, inadvisability.
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| VERB: | BE INEXPEDIENT &c. adj.; come amiss (disagree) [See Disagreement]; embarrass (hinder) [See Hindrance]; put to inconvenience.
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| ADJECTIVE: | INEXPEDIENT, undesirable; unadvisable [rare], inadvisable, unsuitable, troublesome, objectionable; inapt, ineligible, inadmissible, inconvenient; incommodious, discommodious; disadvantageous; inappropriate, unfit (inconsonant) [See Disagreement].
ILL-CONTRIVED, ill-advised; unsatisfactory; unprofitable &c., inept (useless) [See Inutility]; inopportune (unseasonable) [See Intempestivity]; out of -, in the wrong- place; improper, unseemly.
CLUMSY, awkward; cumbrous, cumbersome; lumbering, unwieldy, hulky; unmanageable (impracticable) [See Difficulty]; impedient (in the way) [See Hindrance].
UNNECESSARY (redundant) [See Redundance].
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| QUOTATIONS: | - It will never do.
- It doesn’t pay.
- The game is not worth the candle.
- He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.—Franklin
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