{ In`ex*pe"di*ence (?), In`ex*pe"di*en*cy (?), } n. The quality or
state of being inexpedient; want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end
or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of some measures.
It is not the rigor but the inexpediency of laws and acts of
authority which makes them tyrannical.
Paley.
In`ex*pe"di*ent (?), a. Not expedient; not tending to promote a
purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper;
unsuitable to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be
inexpedient at another.
If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly inexpedient to use those
ceremonies.
Bp. Burnet.
Syn. -- Unwise; impolitic; imprudent; indiscreet; unprofitable;
inadvisable; disadvantageous.
In`ex*pe"di*ent*ly (?), adv. Not expediently; unfitly.
In`ex*pen"sive (?), a. Not expensive; cheap.
In`ex*pe"ri*ence (?), n. [L. inexperientia, cf. F. inexpérience. See
In- not, and Experience.] Absence or want of experience; lack of
personal and experimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth.
Failings which are incident to youth and inexperience.
Dryden.
Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience
of the world, and ignorance of mankind.
Addison.
In`ex*pe"ri*enced (?), a. Not having experience; unskilled.
"Inexperienced youth." Cowper.
In`ex*pert" (?), a. [L. inexpertus inexperienced: cf. F. inexpert. See
In- not, and Expert.]