Meanings of mistaken policy in English

Ambassadorial receptions; difficulties, mistaken policy of our government regarding residences for its representatives.

But this was the least mischievous consequence of this mistaken policy.

For this mistaken policy the British colonies were to pay a heavy price.

The Company had followed a mistaken policy with respect to the remuneration of its servants.

A mistaken policy becomes a disastrous one.

I'd rather see them make a change, a flip-flop if you like, than to stick with a mistaken policy.

The Lib Dems thereby jettisoned a cherished but mistaken policy of nuclear opposition because members clearly understood the real-world challenges of government.

In truth Elizabeth's most faithful subjects were appalled at the ruin which she seemed by her mistaken policy to be rendering inevitable.

The policy which frames them seems now to be utterly established, but my motion that it is a mistaken policy remains unaltered.

The golden days of the "stars and bars" were lost by the activity of the Unionists and the mistaken policy at Richmond.

This was a mistaken policy, like most of those where we stop half-way; and Napoleon was not long before he became sensible of it.

Through a mistaken policy you have heretofore been deprived of a participation in the glorious struggle for national rights in which our country is engaged.

But it is the mistaken policy of the South that is driving their laborers northward; that is, compelling them to flee to more congenial surroundings.

That war which, amongst mistaken policies, blundering Government tactics, and aimless ambitions, holds a foremost place.

Mr de Klerk gave a thorough going account of how his party came to adopt such mistaken policies.

Mr Romano Prodi Experience has shown that mistaken policies are usually conducted in good times, when the economy is expanding.