inexpediency

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the quality of being unsuitable, unwise, or unlikely to achieve the intended result

   The committee rejected the proposal because of its cost and political inexpediency.

2. 2
   noun

   an action or policy that is unsuitable or disadvantageous in the circumstances

   The report catalogued several administrative inexpediencies that had delayed the reform.

From inexpedient + -cy. Inexpedient combines in-, 'not,' with expedient, from Latin expediens, the present participle of expedire, 'to free, prepare, or make useful.'

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