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Impolitic vs Impolicy - What's the difference?

impolitic | impolicy |

As an adjective impolitic

is not in accordance with good policy; unwise, inexpedient; unadvisable.

As a noun impolicy is

the state or act of being impolitic.

impolitic

English

Alternative forms

* impolitick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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 [...].

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    impolicy

    English

    Noun

    (impolicies)
  • The state or act of being impolitic.