as in unsuccessful
not producing the desired result
a nutritionally dubious, inexpedient method for losing weight
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Japanese police trudged through deep mud on Thursday in another unsuccessful day searching for a missing Auburn University student, who vanished after an argument with family over artificial intelligence.—
David K. Li,
NBC news,
4 June 2026 -
Efforts to reach Bronstein for comment on Stone’s claims were unsuccessful Thursday.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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At the Fortune Global Forum in 2023, entrepreneur Parag Khanna argued that the current ratio — roughly 95% of climate effort going to mitigation and only 5% to adaptation — is not just inefficient but ethically troubling.—
Anjali Chaudhry,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Those accomplishments help explain why many analysts view her turnovers as a byproduct of her extraordinary workload rather than evidence of inefficient play.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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But this framing is counterproductive.—
Jamil Wyne,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Further, framing trafficking as episodic and event-based can be counterproductive.—
Jennifer E. O'Brien,
The Conversation,
1 June 2026
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That review has been a mainstay of America's health system, with the FDA acting as a gatekeeper to protect the public from unsafe or ineffective drugs.—
Daniel Gilbert,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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Unions can either be effective or ineffective, and that depends entirely on their members.—
John Vukmirovich,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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“Inexpedient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexpedient. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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