impolitic

(im-pol’i-tik), a. [=F. impolitique = Sp. impolitico = Pg. It. impolitico, impolitic; as in-8 + politic.) Not politic; not conforming to or in accordance with good policy; inexpedient; injudicious: as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure. In effect, it would be the most unjust and impolitick of all things, unequal taxation. Burke, A Regicide Peace, iii. 3013 It is always an impolitic thing to impose on a great power conditions so ignominious and dishonouring as’ to produce enduring resentment. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent.,i, impolitical} (im-p6-lit’i-kal), a. [As impolitic + -al.) Impolitic. It will be no difficult matter to prove that the Crusades were neither so unjustifiable, so impolitical, nor so unhappy in their consequences, as the superficial readers of History are habituated to esteem them. Mickle, tr. of Camoens'’s Lusiad, vii., notes.