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Expurgatory. [Obs.] "Expurgatorious indexes." Milton.

Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying. "Expurgatory animadversions." Sir T. Browne. Expurgatory Index. See Index Expurgatorius, under Index.

To purge away. [Obs.] Milton.

Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for m…

Incapable of expansion, enlargement, or extension. Tyndall.

Not to be expected or anticipated. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Not expectant. C. Bronté.

Absence of expectation. Feltham.

Unexpected. [Obs.]

Unexpectedly. [Obs.]

Unexpectedness. [Obs.]

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.

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.

Not

Not expensive; cheap.

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.

Not having experience unskilled. "Inexperienced youth." Cowper.

Destitute of experience or of much experience. [Obs.] Milton.

Want of expertness or skill.

Admitting of no expiation, atonement, or satisfaction; as, an inexpiable crime or offense. Pomfret.