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")

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