inexpedient

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪnɪkˈspiːdi.ənt/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; unsuitable to time and place
    — But the reputation of the Order must not be permitted to be endangered, and a case might occur, in which it would be inexpedient to extend this courtesy, and where the lodge would feel compelled to proceed to the trial and punishment of the offender, without appealing to his lodge.

词形变化

more inexpedient comparative most inexpedient superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English expedient
English inexpedient
From in- + expedient.
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