different between untoward vs inexpedient

English

Etymology

un- +? toward (“to +? -ward”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.t??w??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?t??d/, /??n.t??w??d/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d

Adjective

untoward (comparative more untoward, superlative most untoward)

1. Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.

   Synonyms: adverse, disadvantageous, inconvenient, unfavorable, unfortunate

   • 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night:

     But as soon as her son espied her, bowl in hand, he thought that haply something untoward had befallen her, but he would not ask of aught until such time as she had set down the bowl, when she acquainted him with that which had occurred […]
2. Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided.

   Synonyms: difficult, fractious, stubborn, troublesome, uncontrollable, unruly

3. Unseemly, improper.

   Synonyms: immodest, improper, unseemly

Derived terms

• untowardly
• untowardness

Translations

Anagrams

• drawn out, drawn-out, outdrawn

English

Etymology

in- +? expedient

Adjective

inexpedient (comparative more inexpedient, superlative most inexpedient)

1. Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; unsuitable to time and place
   • 1856, Albert Mackey, The Principles of Masonic Law Chapter XXII

     But the reputation of the Order must not be permitted to be endangered, and a case might occur, in which it would be inexpedient to extend this courtesy, and where the lodge would feel compelled to proceed to the trial and punishment of the offender, without appealing to his lodge.

Derived terms

• inexpediently

Translations

References

• inexpedient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• inexpedient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.