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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[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

Syn. – Indiscreet; inexpedient; undiplomatic.

impolitic ‎(comparative more impolitic, superlative most impolitic)

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 [...].