INEXPEDIENCY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

inexpediency

noun

Definition of inexpediency

as in undesirability

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Noun

The undesirability of the undead state is inherent in the term itself.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 May 2026
There are hyper-local gags about the Williamsburg bar Union Pool and the undesirability of living in the Financial District, and a creature known as Rat Pizza — like Pizza Rat in reverse.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of undesirability

Noun

The Ghanaian government statement said it was informed that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) made the decision on grounds of inadmissibility under paragraph A36(1)(c) of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).

— Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Only cash assistance for income maintenance or long-term institutional care is considered when determining public-charge inadmissibility.

— Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025

Definition of inadmissibility

Noun

The demand has nonetheless persisted, exposing for countries in question the inadequacy of indefinitely postponing reparations through diplomatic language.

— Brooke N. Newman, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
They are confined to their bodies, rife with their many flaws and inadequacies.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of inadequacy

Noun

The coal industry is not coming back from its inexorable slide toward irrelevance, not to mention its catastrophic effect on the environment.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Koolhaas’s essay narrates both the irrelevance of modernism and the disappearance of architecture into communication.

— Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of irrelevance

Noun

In both films, everything comes in threes, the incessant crosscutting is accorded a flashy metaphysical weight, and time itself is manipulated, distorted, and rearranged to the point of meaninglessness.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026
Like emo in the early to mid ’00s, the genre marker has been muddied to the point of near meaninglessness.

— Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of meaninglessness

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