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Definition of Impolitic

Impolitic
Impolitic Im*pol"i*tic, a. [Pref. im- not + politic; cf. F. impolitique.] Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure. The most unjust and impolitic of all things, unequal taxation. --Burke. Syn: Indiscreet; inexpedient; undiplomatic.

Meaning of Impolitic from wikipedia

- the Roman curia, and towards the close of the year 1516, he sent the impolitic Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi as papal nuncio to Denmark to collect money...
- monarchists on potential candidates for a Mexican throne. It was perceived as impolitic to propose a noble from one of the nations involved in the expedition...
- /oʊˈmɛərtə/ rather than [omerˈta]. Michael, Herzfeld (2004). The Body Impolitic: Artisans and Artifice in the Global Hierarchy of Value. Chicago and London:...
- Fashion History. Berg. ISBN 978-1-84788-738-2. Delany, Sheila (1998). Impolitic Bodies: Poetry, Saints, and Society in Fifteenth-Century England. Oxford...
- have refused to execute these instructions, which I consider unjust and impolitic. Sir Donald William Stewart, the chief commissioner of Ashanti (Ghana)...
- prime minister Admiral Keisuke Okada was opposed to Tojo, it would be impolitic for the Emperor to appoint him. During the meetings of the jushin regarding...
- Tiberius, which covers the peak of Claudius's literary career, it became impolitic to speak of republican Rome. The trend among the young historians was...
- the lips, strike the air: No, it's wrong, inadequate, misleading, or impolitic; or, So, what else is new? Rest ****ured, dear rejoinder-ers, that these...
- Leslie: The Imperial Harem (1993), Pg 44: "Furthermore, it would have been impolitic to unfairly advantage a particular prince in the competition for the throne...
- However, a direct refusal to extradite St. Germain was also considered impolitic. De Rhoon, therefore, facilitated the departure of St. Germain to England...