impolitic

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English

Alternative forms

impolitick (obsolete)

Etymology

From im- +‎ politic.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɒ.lɪ.tɪk/
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Adjective

impolitic (comparative more impolitic, superlative most impolitic)

Not in accordance with good policy.
Synonyms: unwise, inexpedient, unadvisable
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 210:
  Even when it was impolitic to admire, let alone name, Evagrius, his descriptions of progress in the spiritual life could not be and were not ignored […] .
- 2024 November 8, Ross Douthat, “How Democrats Helped Trump”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
  And thereafter it became impolitic to say anything critical about the Harris sprint.
  (Can we archive this URL?)

Translations

not in accordance with good policy

Bulgarian: нетактичен (bg) (netaktičen)
Dutch: onpolitiek, onverstandig (nl), onoordeelkundig (nl)
Manx: anchreeney

References

“impolitic”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“impolitic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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