Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexpedient
Adjective
  • Barca even took a legal case against the regulations to a Catalan court but were unsuccessful.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • An attempt to contact her attorney was unsuccessful Wednesday.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Windmills, and the rest of this 'JUNK,' are the most expensive and inefficient energy in the world, is destroying the beauty of the environment, and is 10 times more costly than any other energy.
    Adeola Adeosun Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
  • This type of development is inefficient at housing large populations.
    Kristian Fors, Oc Register, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Beyond that, such dramatic moves could be counterproductive.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 23 June 2025
  • Targeting the employers themselves, some of whom Trump relies on for support, would be counterproductive to his agenda, Reisz said.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Now county leaders are making a hard push for solutions, mindful that incarceration is often an ineffective response to broader economic and societal challenges.
    Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
  • If these thermal management systems are ineffective an electric vehicle could be rendered immobile (or worse) due to the battery overheating.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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“Inexpedient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexpedient. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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