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Impolitic

Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure.

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Inexpedient 84% connected

Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what…

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Inexpedient 84% connected

Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what…

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Unwise 84% connected

Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.

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Unwise 84% connected

Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.

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Foolish 66% connected

Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

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Foolish 66% connected

Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

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Inexpedient 66% connected

Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what…

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Inexpedient 66% connected

Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what…

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Politic 94% connected

Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.

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Politic 94% connected

Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.

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-arch adjective · 78% connection

A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).

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Adjective noun · 78% connection

A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: politic, contrary, wanting, policy, unwise.
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Bath noun · 78% connection

A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five qu…

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Containment noun · 78% connection

a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate pe…

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Demimonde noun · 78% connection

a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior

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Disapprobation noun · 78% connection

The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure.

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Disapprove verb · 78% connection

To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; a…

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Gallon noun · 78% connection

A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: politic, contrary, wanting, policy, unwise.
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Hectolitre noun · 78% connection

A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26/ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 i…

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Homer noun · 78% connection

A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry mea…

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Ill-judged adjective · 78% connection

Not well judged; unwise.

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Imprudence noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsiderati…

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Imprudent adjective · 78% connection

Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.

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Inconvenient adjective · 78% connection

Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.

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Indiscrete adjective · 78% connection

Indiscreet.

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Indiscretion noun · 78% connection

An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior.

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Inexpediency noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being inexpedient; want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of…

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Injudicious adjective · 78% connection

Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser.

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