impolitic
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[edit] English
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- impolitick (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
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impolitic (comparative more impolitic, superlative most impolitic)
- Not in accordance with good policy; unwise, inexpedient; unadvisable.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 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 [...].
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 210:
[edit] References
- impolitic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- impolitic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
