impolitic

形容词 adj.
/ɪmˈpɒ.lɪ.tɪk/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not in accordance with good policy.
    — On at least one such occasion, in L.N.E.R. days, I discovered later that what I had written was precisely what the authorities wanted to be said, though it would have been highly impolitic for my chief to have given me this information rather than the formal reproof that I received!

词形变化

more impolitic comparative most impolitic superlative impolitick alternative,obsolete

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English im-
English politic
English impolitic
From im- + politic.
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