impolitic
English
Alternative forms
- impolitick (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɒ.lɪ.tɪk/
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 [...].
Translations
not in accordance with good policy
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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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