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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.

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- 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...
- 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...
- /oʊˈmɛərtə/ rather than [omerˈta]. Michael, Herzfeld (2004). The Body Impolitic: Artisans and Artifice in the Global Hierarchy of Value. Chicago and London:...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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)...
- However, a direct refusal to extradite St. Germain was also considered impolitic. De Rhoon, therefore, facilitated the departure of St. Germain to England...
- threat in the east, Louis XIV, the Most Christian King, had deemed it impolitic, cynically to some, for him to continue the ****ault in 1682, which could...
- nixed this idea, claiming that he wasn't a real Kennedy and it would be impolitic to choose him. The Attorney General made it known that he deserved the...