Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic. From LearnThat.org. [James Madison (1751-1836), U.S. president.]
An impolitic approach to a sensitive issue. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
One thing which worries me is that any recognition for the S.S.P.X would be 'impolitic' so soon before the arrival of that twerp who now claims to be U.S. president. From Wordnik.com. [The Journeys of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer] Reference
Bald or candid statements are usually unwise, or "impolitic," which is why politicians tend to avoid them, knowing that they may be falsified by events. From Wordnik.com. [The New Republic - All Feed] Reference
'impolitic', or uncivil ... when someone is robbing me blind, i am NOT going to be polite about pointing that out. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
"I favoured no such impolitic act," said he, slowly. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
Quebec, into Upper and Lower Canada, had been impolitic. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
It was impolitic to say that in public, but he was correct. From Wordnik.com. [Barack Obama is down, but it's far too early to count him out] Reference
It was not long before the effects of this impolitic breach with. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from Thucydides] Reference
Any impolitic flaunting of his unelected position might lose him sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [Conrad Black Gets Out Of Jail] Reference
But, over-anxious to gain his point, he did something still more impolitic. From Wordnik.com. [A Strange Discovery] Reference
This last speech was most unhappy and impolitic for the side he was advocating. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Lister's comments about the marines, while impolitic, were not particularly exceptional. From Wordnik.com. [At War In The Pentagon] Reference
Clinton was correct, if impolitic, in calling the "" fast track '' question a "" no-brainer. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Feels His Own Pain] Reference
In fact, Scalia is often impolitic -- at least when it comes to the withering dissents he pens. From Wordnik.com. ['It's Hard To Get It Right'] Reference
It was thought impolitic to take one who had been offensively conspicuous in one of the old parties. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
The others that followed were so manifestly honest that it would have been impolitic to handle them severely. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866] Reference
It's not clear Solo would have made any difference, though she was impolitic enough to suggest she would have. From Wordnik.com. [The Biggest Sports Stories of 2007] Reference
This impolitic measure in the financial department impoverished the people, and left the treasury still empty. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Now it was found expedient to relieve both the former and latter from those foolish and impolitic restrictions. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
Its language was notably impolitic -- describing, among other things, families trapped in a "tangle of pathology.". From Wordnik.com. [Long After The Alarm Went Off] Reference
Among the other colonies in America which reaped advantage from this impolitic measure of France, Carolina had a large share. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
They, impolitic no less than faithless, broke their engagement after they had pocketed the sum agreed upon for their services. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858] Reference
It is both impolitic and impolite; as if there were an unsightly mole upon the face, and every visitor remarked, as he entered. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
This unnatural and impolitic conduct induces them to seek by art and intrigue, what they are denied by the laws of their prophet. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World] Reference
This abrupt and impolitic, not to say ungracious and unsoldier-like proceeding, has been justified by the necessity of the moment. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
"Imam Khomeini was really clever," says a former minister in the Mousavi government, unwilling to be named saying anything impolitic. From Wordnik.com. [Anyone but Ahmadinejad] Reference
The exacting of usury has always been more or less practiced, and there has always been a contention against it as impolitic and wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
She thought she was being further punished for her own impolitic remarks: she had called Gen. Colin Powell a "token" for the Republicans. From Wordnik.com. [George W. Wins The 'Phony War'] Reference
King, although the Administration at Washington thought his election impolitic, because of its effect upon the party in the State; but Van. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
A Vatican spokeswoman defends the impolitic choice of d'Aviano for public exaltation in late April, and asserts that he has been slated for "some time now.". From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
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