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Inadvisable vs Impolitic - What's the difference?

inadvisable | impolitic |

As adjectives the difference between inadvisable and impolitic

is that inadvisable is unwise; not recommended; not prudent; not to be advised while impolitic is not in accordance with good policy; unwise, inexpedient; unadvisable.

inadvisable

English

Adjective

(en-adj) (or unadvisable )
  • unwise; not recommended; not prudent; not to be advised

    • Related terms

    * inadvisability

    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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