† impoliticaladj.
Obsolete.
= impolitic adj.
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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
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xci. 336 Out upon me, for an impolitic wretch!
1775 W. Craig Serm. (1808) II. 35 Instead of being a prudent or humane Contrivance the Sabbath would become a very impolitical and hurtful one.
1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. II. 52 That impolitical prosecution of Sacheverell.
1843 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) II. 414 A very impolitical step.
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