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Unadvisable vs Impolitic - What's the difference?

unadvisable | impolitic |

As adjectives the difference between unadvisable and impolitic

is that unadvisable is inadvisable while impolitic is not in accordance with good policy; unwise, inexpedient; unadvisable.

unadvisable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Inadvisable.
  • *1948 , William Burroughs, letter, 5 Jun 1948:
  • *:Will go back there to get it in a week or so, but may find the harvest unadvisable for reasons of security.
  • (archaic) Unwilling to take advice.
  • (archaic) Imprudent.

    • Usage notes

    * "Inadvisable" is used about 10 times more frequently than "unadvisable" at COCA (US usage) and 20 times more at BNC (UK written usage).

    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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