Antonyms of adj inexpedient
2 senses of inexpedient
Sense 1
inexpedient (vs. expedient) -- (not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic")
expedient (vs. inexpedient) -- (serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient")
=> advantageous -- (appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness)
=> opportunist, opportunistic, timeserving -- (taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit)
=> carpetbag, carpetbagging -- (presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality; "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician")
Sense 2
inexpedient, unwise -- (not appropriate to the purpose)
INDIRECT (VIA impolitic) -> politic -- (marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply")
Similarity of adj inexpedient
2 senses of inexpedient
Sense 1
inexpedient (vs. expedient) -- (not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic")
=> inadvisable -- (not advisable; "an unnecessary and inadvisable action")
Also See-> disadvantageous#1; impolitic#1
Sense 2
inexpedient, unwise -- (not appropriate to the purpose)
=> impolitic (vs. politic) -- (not politic; "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue")