inexorable 
inexorable (iu-ek'so-ra-bl), n. [= F. inexora- 
ble = Sp. inexorable = Pg. inexoravel = It. in- 
esorabile, < L. inexorabilis, < in- priv. + exora- 
bilis, that can be moved by entreaty: see ez- 
orable. ] Not to be persuaded or moved by en- 
treaty or prayer ; unyielding; unrelenting: as, 
an inexorable creditor ; inexorable law. 
You are more inhuman, more inexorable, 
O, tea times more, than tigers of Hyrcania. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., L 4. 
They pay off their protection to great crimes and great 
criminals by being inexorable to the paltry frailties of little 
men. Burke, Nabob of Arcot 
But she 
No saint inexorable no tenderness 
Too hard, too cruel. Tennyson, Princess, v. 
=8yn. Inexorable, Unrelenting, Relentless, Implacable; 
immovable. Inexorable, literally not to be moved or 
changed by prayer or petition, expresses an immovable 
firmness in refusing to do what one is entreated to do, 
whether that be good or bad ; it is also used figuratively : 
as, inexorable death, time, fate. The other three words 
apply to feeling, which is generally bad, but unrelenting 
and relentless may by figure apply also to action : as, an un- 
relenting pursuit ; a relentless massacre. Implacable ap- 
plies wholly to feeling, meaning unappeasable, and in this 
use is the strongest of the three ; it goes with such strong 
words as animosity and resentment. 
Kief t was inexorable, and demanded the murderer. 
Bancroft, Hist U. 8., II. 289. 
Slaughter'd by the ireful arm 
Of unrelenting Clifford. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 1. 
Only in destroying I find ease 
To my relentless thoughts. Milton, P. L., ix. 180. 
Let there be nothing between us save war and implacable 
hatred. Longfellow, Courtship of Miles Standish, iv. 
inexorableness (in-ek'so-ra-bl-nes), n. The 
state or quality of being inexorable. 
The former aversation and inexorableness is taken away. 
Chillingworth, Sermon on Bom. viii. 34. 
inexorably (in-ek'so-ra-bli), adv. In an inex- 
orable manner; so as to be immovable by en- 
treaty. 
There find a Judge inexorably just. 
Cowper, Hope, 1. 227. 
inexpansible (in-eks-pan'si-bl), a. [< in- 3 + 
expansible.] Incapable of being expanded, di- 
lated, or diffused. Tyndall. 
inexpectablet (in-eks-pek'ta-bl), . [< in- 3 + 
expectable.] Not to be expected; not to be 
looked for. 
With what inexspectable, unconceivable mercy were they 
answered ! Bp. Halt, Works, V. 223. 
inexpectant (in-eks-pek'tant), a. [< in- 3 + 
expectant.] Not expecting; unexpectant. 
Loverless and inexpectant of love. 
Charlotte Bronte, Villette, xiii. 
inexpectationt (in-eks-pek-ta'shon), n. [< in- 3 
+ expectation.] The state of having no expec- 
tation or prevision. 
It is therefore fit we take heed of such things as are like 
Multiplying-gla&ses, and shew fears either more numerous 
or bigger far than they are. Such are inexpectation, un- 
acquaintance, want of preparation. 
Feltham, Resolves, ii. 6. 
inexpectedt (in-eks-pek'ted), a. [< in- 3 + ex- 
pected.] Not expected; unexpected. 
An imposed and inexpecled end. Ford, Line of Life. 
inexpectedlyt (in-eks-pek'ted-li), adv. [< in- 3 
+ expected + -ly 2 .] Unexpectedly. 
How could it bee otherwise, when those great spirits of 
hers, that had beene long used to an uncontrolled sover- 
aigntie, flnde themselves so unexpectedly suppressed. 
Bp. Hall, Athaiia and Joash. 
inexpectednesst (in-eks-pek'ted-nes), . Un- 
expectedness. 
The inexpectedness of pleasing objects makes them many 
times the more acceptable. Up. Hall, Esther Suing. 
inexpectlyt (in-eks-pekt'li), adv. [< in- 3 + ex- 
pect(ed) + -tyv.] Same as unexpectedly. 
I startled to meet so inexpertly with the name of Bishop 
Hall disgracefully ranked with Priests and Jesuits. 
Bp. Hall, Works, VIII. 603. 
inexpediblet (in-eks-ped'i-bl), o. [< L. inexpe- 
dibilis, that cannot be extricated, (. in- priv. 
+ "expedibilis, < expedire, expedite, extricate: 
see expede.] Cumbersome ; not to be got rid of. 
Bailey. 
inexpedience (in-eks-pe'di-ens), n. [< inexpe- 
dien(t) + -ce.] Inexpediency." Johnson*. [Rare.] 
inexpediency (in-eks-pe'di-en-si), n. [< inex- 
j>e<hen(t) + -cy.] The condition or quality of 
being inexpedient, inappropriate, or unadvisa- 
ble ; unsuitableness to the purpose or circum- 
stances ; inadvisability. 
By this subscription they seemed to allow the lawful- 
ness of the garments, though on account of the inexpedi- 
ency of them they declined to use them. 
Strype, Abp. Parker, an. 1654. 
It is not the rigour but the inexpediency of laws and acts 
of authority which makes them tyrannical. 
Paley, Moral Phllos., vi. 6. 
3076 
inexpedient (in-eks-pe'di-ent), a. [< in- 3 + 
expedient.] Not expedient; not suited to the 
purpose or the circumstances ; not judicious or 
advisable. 
A little reflexion will shew that they [certain pursuits) 
are indeed inexpedient that is, unprofitable, unadvisable, 
improper in a great variety of respects. 
Bp. Hurd, Works, VII. xlviii. 
It is indeed possible that a tax might be laid on a par- 
ticular article by a state which might render it inexpedi- 
ent that a further tax should be laid on the same article 
by the union. A. Hamilton, Federalist^ No. xxxii. 
= Syn. Unadvisable. 
inexpediently (in-eks-pe'di-ent-li), adv. Not 
expediently; unfitly. 
inexpensive (in-eks-pen'siv), a. [< in- 3 + ex- 
pensive.] Not expensive or costly. 
Leaving Millicent to bemoan his want of appetite, and 
to devise elegant but inexpensive suppers. 
E. S. Sheppard, Charles Auchester, iii. 1. 
inexperience (in-eks-pe'ri-ens), n. [= F. in- 
experience = Sp. inesperiencia = Pg. inexperi- 
encia = It. inesperiema, < LL. inexperientia, in- 
experience, < L. in- priv. + experientia, expe- 
rience: see experience.] Want of experience, 
or of knowledge gained by experience : as, the 
inexperience of youth. 
Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from in- 
experience of the world and ignorance of mankind. 
Addixon. 
We hug the hopes of constancy and truth, . . . 
But soon, alas ! detect the rash mistake 
That sanguine inexperience loves to make. 
Cowper, Valediction, 1. 56. 
inexperienced (in-eks-pe'ri-enst), a. [< in- 3 + 
experienced.] Lacking, or "characterized by 
lack of, experience or the knowledge or skill 
gained by experience ; not experienced. 
But (as a child, whose inexperienc'd age 
Nor evil purpose fears nor knows) enjoys 
Night's sweet refreshment, humid sleep sincere. 
J. Philips, Cider, ii. 
In his letter introductory to Green's Arcadia, Nash uses 
the expression "in my inexperienced opinion." 
F. Hall, False Philol., p. 82. 
Left . . . the poor inexperienced bride 
To her own devices. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 07. 
= Syn. Unpractised, unversed, " raw," "green." 
inexperiencedness (in-eks-pe'ri-enst-nes), . 
Lack of experience ; inexperience. [Bare.] 
The damsel has three things to plead in her excuse: the 
authority of her parents, the persuasion of her friends, and 
the inexperiencedness of her age. 
Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, p. 318. 
inexpert (in-eks-pert'), a. [=F. inexpert= Sp. 
Pg. inexperto = It. inesperto, < L. inexpertus, un- 
tried, unaccustomed, unproved, < in- priv. 4- ex- 
pertus, tried, experienced: see expert.] Not 
expert; not skilled; not having knowledge or 
dexterity derived from practice. 
By this means the secrets of state are frequently di- 
vulg'd, and matters of greatest consequence committed to 
inexpert and novice counsellors, utterly to seek in the full 
and intimate knowledge of affairs past. 
MUton, Free Commonwealth. 
O [Albion] inexpert in arms, 
Yet vain of freedom, how dost thou beguile 
With dreams of hope these near and loud alarms ! 
Akenside, To the Country Gentlemen of England. 
In letters and in laws 
Not inexpert. Prior. 
inexpertness (in-eks-pert'nes), n. Lack of ex- 
pertness. 
inexpiable (in-eks'pi-a-bl), a. [= F. inexpiable 
= Sp. inexpiable = Pg. inexpiavel = It. inespia- 
bile, < L. inexpiabilis, that cannot be atoned 
for, < in- priv. 4- *expiabilis, that can be atoned 
for: see expiable.] 1. Not to be expiated ; ad- 
mitting of no expiation or atonement: as, an 
inexpiable crime or offense. 
If they do follow him into error, the matter is not so in- 
expiable. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), II. 372. 
Should I offend, by high example taught, 
'Twould not be an inexpiable fault. 
Pomfret, Love's Triumph over Reason. 
2. Not to be satisfied or appeased by expiation; 
implacable. 
They will not speake one to another : so inexpiable ha- 
tred doe the other lewes conceiue against them. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 143. 
My love how 
To raise in it 
As well might we in England think of waging inexpia- 
ble war upon all Frenchmen for the evils which they nave 
brought upon us in the several periods of our mutual hos- 
tilities. Burke, Rev. in France. 
Inexpiable war, a war between Carthage and its mer- 
cenary troops which lasted for about three years after the 
close of the first Punic war (241 B. 0.). 
inexpiableness (in-eks'pi-a-bl-nes), . The 
state of being inexpiable. 
inexpressible 
inexpiably (in-eks'pi-a-bli), adv. In an inex- 
piable manner or degree; so as to admit of no 
atonement. 
Excursions are inexpiably bad ; 
And 'tis much safer to leave out than add. 
lloscmnmon, On Translated Verse. 
inexpiatet (in-eks'pi-at), a. [< LL. inexpiatiis, 
not expiated, < L. in- priv. + expiatus, pp. of ex- 
piare, expiate: see expiate.] Not expiated, ap- 
peased, or pacified. 
To rest inexpiate were much too rude a part. 
Chapman, Iliad, ix. 
inexplainable (in-eks-pla'na-bl), a. [< in- 3 + 
explainable.] Not explainable; incapable of 
being explained; inexplicable. Bailey, 1731. 
inexpleablyt (in-eks'ple-a-bli), adv. [Irreg. < 
L. inexplebilis, insatiable, < it-priv. + *expUbilis, 
< explere, fill up : see expletive.'] Insatiably. 
What were these harpies but flatterers, delators, and the 
inexpleably covetous? Sandys, Travailes, p. 8. 
inexplicability (in-eks'pli-ka-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. 
inexplicabilite ; as inexplicable + -ity: see-bility.] 
The character or quality of being inexplicable ; 
also, something that is inexplicable. 
The insistence upon this one ultimate inexplicability left 
no solid basis for the natural science of mind or body. 
Mind, IX. 370. 
inexplicable (in-eks'pli-ka-bl), a. and . [= F. 
inexplicable = Sp. inexplicable = Pg. inexpKcavel 
= It. inesplicabile, < L. inexplicabilis, that cannot 
be unfolded or loosed, < in- priv. + explicabilis, 
that can be unfolded : see explicable.] I. a. Not 
explicable ; incapable of being explained or in- 
terpreted; not to be made plain or intelligible : 
as, an inexplicable mystery. 
The groundlings, who for the most part are capable of 
nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise. 
Shak., Hamlet, iii. 2. 
Their views become vast and perplexed, to others in- 
explicable, to themselves uncertain. 
Burke, Eev. in France. 
That ni.irht, by chance, the poet watching 
Heard an inexplicable scratching. 
Cowper, Retired Cat. 
There is always a charm to me in the inexplicable wind- 
ings of these wayward tracks. 
Higginton, Oldport Days, p. 242. 
= Syn, Unaccountable, incomprehensible, inscrutable, 
mysterious. 
II. n. pi. Trousers; "inexpressibles." [A 
humorous euphemism.] 
He usually wore a brown frock-coat without a wrinkle, 
light inexplicables without a spot. 
Dickens, Sketches (Mr. Minns). 
inexplicableness (in-eks'pli-ka-bl-nes),. The 
state or quality of being inexplicable. 
inexplicably (in-eks'pli-ka-bli), adv. In an 
inexplicable manner; in a way or to a degree 
that cannot be explained. 
But what of all this, now the power of godliness is 
denyed by wicked men. How then? what is their case? 
Surely inexplicably, inconceivably fearefull. 
Bp. Hall, The Hypocrite. 
inexplicate (in-eks'pli-kat), a. [< in- 3 + ex- 
plicate.] In bot., not completelyrolled or closed 
up, as the apothecia of some lichens. [Bare.] 
inexplicit (in-eks-plis'it), a. [< in- 3 + explicit.] 
Not explicit or clear in terms or statement ; not 
clearly stated. 
inexplorable (in-eks-plor'a-bl), a. [= F. in- 
explorable; as in- s + explorable.] Not explor- 
able; incapable of being explored, searched, 
or discovered. 
inexplosive (in-eks-plo'siv), a. [< iw-3 + ex- 
plosive.] Not liable to explode ; not of an ex- 
plosive nature or character; free from explo- 
sions. 
Going forth to enjoy themselves in the mild, inexplosive 
fashion which seems to satisfy Italian nature. 
Howelli, Venetian Life, xvii. 
The inexplosive materials of which dynamite is com- 
pounded. The American, VIII. 38. 
inexposablet (in-eks-po'za-bl), a. [< in- 3 + ex- 
pose + -able.] Secure or free from exposure. 
Those whom nature or art, strength or sleight, have 
made inexposable to easy ruin may pass unmolested. 
Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 83. 
inexpressible (in-eks-pres'i-bl), a. and . [< 
in- 3 + expressible.] I. a. Not expressible; in- 
capable of being expressed; that cannot be 
uttered or represented in words; unspeakable; 
unutterable : as, inexpressible grief or joy. 
Distance inexpressible 
By numbers that have name. 
Milton, P. L, viii. 113. 
She bore an inexpressible cheerfulness and dignity in her 
aspect. Addison, Religions in Waxwork. 
= Syn. Unspeakable, indescribable, ineffable. 
