impoliticadj.
/ɪmˈpɒlɪtɪk/ Not politic; not according to good policy; unsuitable for the end proposed or desired; inexpedient.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inexpediency > [adjective]
unexpedientc1449
discommendable?1537
unpolitic1548
politicless1556
disagreeing1568
impolitica1600
inexpedient1608
unpractical1638
unpolitical1643
unpractic1657
uncounsellablea1674
uneligible1690
unprosperable1690
impolitical1748
unadvisable1758
ineligible1779
inadvisable1782
a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1907) Pref. He that exhorteth to beware of an enemy's policy, doth not give counsel to be impolitick.
1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 19 As a Salvo for that impolitique Murder.
1783 A. Hamilton Let. 25 Mar. in Papers (1962) III. 306 I often feel a mortification, which it would be impolitic to express.
1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 353 The most unjust and impolitick of all things, unequal taxation.
1884 Manch. Examiner 21 May 5/3 It is impolitic to adopt an attitude of hostility to what is inevitable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
† impoliticv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To incorporate or engraft into the body politic.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > incorporate into body politic
impolitic1613
1613 G. Chapman Reuenge Bussy D'Ambois iv. sig. G1v Wee may impolitique our selues (as t'were) Into the Kingdomes body politique.
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adj.a1600
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