Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impolitic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impolitic
adj : not politic; "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue"
[ant: {politic}]
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