as in undesirability
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Recent Examples of inexpediency
Their book asserts without qualification that those few M.P.s who did speak against the act objected only on grounds of inexpediency and unfairness, and never on the principle of the right.
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William Hogeland, The New Republic, 25 Jan. 2021
William Hogeland, The New Republic, 25 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexpediency
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While some recent sales have been sluggish — Susan Gutfreund’s 12,000-square-foot duplex listed for $120 million in 2016 and finally sold for $53 million three years later, that seems more a symptom of delusional pricing than undesirability.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Defendants rely on cases that, ironically, only confirm the inapplicability of the § 1252(f)(1) bar here.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2025
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The fear of uselessness explains why the banker Eric Tao (Ken Leung) leaves a cushy retirement to get back to finance, even at the cost of neglecting his kids.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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Holding back tears, Marta called out the uselessness of comparing this season to last year’s championship run.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Students and their families are a vital part of the equation and have their own direct experience with education funding adequacy or inadequacy.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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What was submerged gets exposed, including artistic, curatorial, and historical work that was always there, sustained by Central Asian artistic communities; also revealed is the inadequacy of the frameworks that structure visibility itself.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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Her fear that her professional irrelevance has come too soon—an anxiety not often explored in Hollywood’s midlife-crisis narratives—is unexpectedly affecting.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2026
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Weisz’s antiheroine is a middle-aged professor with chronic writer’s block and mounting insecurity about her potential irrelevance, both erotic and pedagogical.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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Mondragon, though, mostly transcends meaninglessness by having to stare intensely at a stranger’s reaction — the medium is the message, as always.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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In much of government, the line between neutral analysis and policy advocacy is blurry to the point of meaninglessness.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Inexpediency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexpediency. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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