Impolitic

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not in accordance with good policy.

    "On at least one such occasion, in L.N.E.R. days, I discovered later that what I had written was precisely what the authorities wanted to be said, though it would have been highly impolitic for my chief to have given me this information rather than the formal reproof that I received!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not politic wordnet

Synonyms

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unwisebadbotchedbrashbungledbutchered

Example

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"On at least one such occasion, in L.N.E.R. days, I discovered later that what I had written was precisely what the authorities wanted to be said, though it would have been highly impolitic for my chief to have given me this information rather than the formal reproof that I received!"

Etymology

From im- + politic.

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