Impolitic

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɪmˈpÉ’.lɪ.tɪk/

Alternative forms

• impolitick obsolete

Origin

From - + politic.

Full definition of impolitic

Adjective

1. 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 ....