英:['ɪmpɒlətɪklɪ]
美:['ɪmpɒlətɪklɪ]
英:['ɪmpɒlətɪklɪ]
美:['ɪmpɒlətɪklɪ]
adjective
not politic : unwise
The first known use of impolitic was circa 1600
1 Though Baron’s account contains no collegial bombshells, it is filled with small, impolitic, and probably unnecessary detonations of this kind, apparently included for the fullness of the record.
2 In a 1989 interview, Gagosian spoke with impolitic frankness to Anthony Haden-Guest about the ways money can ruin an artist.
3 His downfall came not with any of his policies, nor with his impolitic decision to attack America’s favorite pop music, but with an insensitive joke about a coal advisory panel that mortified the president.
4 Even in the brusque world of old-school record executives, Mr. Stein could be startlingly impolitic.
5 His impolitic views were also hardly a secret.
6 Yet even with a leader like Trump, who was often impolitic with his language and abrasive toward people of other cultures, the GOP was able to capture a sizable chunk of minority voters, enough to ensure Texas and Florida weren’t even close calls on election night.
7 In this age of globalization, toughened border restrictions seem one obvious, if impolitic, step.
8 As with any historic document, some of the diary entries are impolitic by today’s standards, but this should not diminish the importance of this book.