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Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-pol-i-tik
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɒl ɪ tɪk



Definition of impolitic

Origin :
  • "not according to good policy," c.1600, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + politic.
  • adj unwise, careless
Example sentences :
  • The next moment he realized that he had said what, of all things, was the most impolitic.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Macchiavelli censures the Signory's conduct of this affair as impolitic.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Don't ladyship me, Cassy was about to reply, but judging that impolitic, she sat down.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • This last speech was most unhappy and impolitic for the side he was advocating.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 » by Various
  • On the whole, the measure was impolitic, and finally abandoned.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) » by John West
  • No one could be so discourteous or impolitic as to vanquish the king.
  • Extract from : « Louis XIV., Makers of History Series » by John S. C. Abbott
  • They know only how to brawl and scrawl 'hot-head' and 'impolitic maniac.'
  • Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
  • There he proposed this impolitic toast: "To the union of all honest men."
  • Extract from : « The Life of John Marshall Volume 3 of 4 » by Albert J. Beveridge
  • It would be unjust to hinder them, but impolitic to encourage them.
  • Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • This measure of the College was impolitic and unjustifiable.
  • Extract from : « A Book about Doctors » by John Cordy Jeaffreson

Synonyms for impolitic

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