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Meanings of impolitic in English

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impolítico

Not politic.

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        Usage of impolitic in English
        1
        The chanty-man was a distinguished person whom it was impolitic to ignore.
        Windjammers and Sea Tramps
        2
        From eye to attitude she was languidly superior-theimpolitic would say bored.
        The Claim Jumpers: A Romance
        3
        The trade strongly objected to the restriction, as impolitic, vexatious, and impracticable.
        The History of Tasmania, Volume I
        4
        Publicly dissing Tiger Woods may have been impolitic on Rory McIlroy's part.
        The Irish Times
        5
        It was, whether the African Slave Trade was inhuman, unjust, and impolitic.
        The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abol...
        6
        I am afraid thy country can never flourish under such impolitic government.
        Letters from an American Farmer
        7
        Russia's case abounds in illustrations of this arbitrary, unjust, and impolitic pressure.
        The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
        8
        But, over-anxious to gain his point, he did something still more impolitic.
        A Strange Discovery
        9
        An open rupture would be disagreeable, would be unwarrantable, would be impolitic.
        The Young Duke
        10
        To turn adrift Charles's Catholic servants was impolitic, cruel, and deeply ungrateful.
        Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles
        11
        To scoff at these apprehensions is absurd and impolitic in the last degree.
        The Framework of Home Rule
        12
        Anything that in the least degree savours of extravagance seems to him impolitic.
        Painted Windows / Studies in Religious Personality
        13
        The vanity of the conceit, was as unpardonable as the experiment was impolitic.
        The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): The America...
        14
        Mr. McDougall thought a discussion of the question at that time was impolitic.
        Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
        15
        This necessitates the employment of persons not members, and this he thought impolitic.
        The Communistic Societies of the United States / From Personal V...
        16
        To proceed by constitutional measures against the Medici was judged impolitic.
        Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
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