Impolitic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impolitic \Im*pol"i*tic\, a. [Pref. im- not + politic; cf. F.
     impolitique.]
     Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise;
     imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler,
     law, or measure.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           The most unjust and impolitic of all things, unequal
           taxation.                                --Burke.
  
     Syn: Indiscreet; inexpedient; undiplomatic.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impolitic
       adj : not politic; "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue"
             [ant: {politic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "impolitic":
     bad, botched, brash, bungled, butchered, fumbled, futile,
     ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-done,
     ill-executed, ill-gauged, ill-judged, ill-managed, ill-suited,
     ill-timed, improper, imprudent, inadvisable, inappropriate, inapt,
     incongruous, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inept, inexpedient,
     infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune, insensate, irrational,
     mal a propos, maladroit, malapropos, mindless, misadvised,
     misconducted, misdirected, misguided, mismanaged, muffed, murdered,
     myopic, negligent, out of place, reasonless, reckless, senseless,
     shortsighted, spoiled, thoughtless, unadvised, unbefitting,
     unconsidered, undesirable, undiplomatic, undiscerning, unfit,
     unfitting, unforeseeing, unfortunate, unhappy, unmeet,
     unprofitable, unreasonable, unreflecting, unreflective,
     unseasonable, unseeing, unseemly, unsensible, unsound, unsuitable,
     untactful, unthinking, unthoughtful, untimely, unwise, witless,
     wrong