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as in imprudent
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as in tactless
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Recent Examples of impolitic
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.
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Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 16 June 2023
Even in the brusque world of old-school record executives, Mr. Stein could be startlingly impolitic.
—Ben Sisario, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
His impolitic views were also hardly a secret.
—New York Times, 14 Feb. 2021
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.
—Zaid Jilani, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
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Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 16 June 2023
Even in the brusque world of old-school record executives, Mr. Stein could be startlingly impolitic.
—Ben Sisario, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
His impolitic views were also hardly a secret.
—New York Times, 14 Feb. 2021
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.
—Zaid Jilani, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impolitic
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She was charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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On March 19, 2024, Huger was charged with a DUI and DWI on the counts of: negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Gabriela Silva,
TVLine,
26 Feb. 2025
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On the dark side, Mercury in Sagittarius can be overly blunt and tactless in communication.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Rian Johnson’s intricate script thrived on detailed dissections of its rich and awful suspects, including plenty of pointed jabs at Hudson’s oblivious model and tactless brand ambassador — two titles Hudson herself has held.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2025
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So maybe use the feelings aroused by your sister-in-law’s thoughtless, certainly injudicious, possibly naughty remark as an opportunity to rise above.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2024
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What The Meng Episode Means (1): Is Huawei A Tool of The CCP? Meng’s release, and injudicious remarks, do not bode well for Huawei.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes,
27 Sep. 2021
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Those seven words about the sordid reality TV franchise were really all Bill Maher had to say tonight on HBO’s Real Time of the Oval Office shouting match Friday after showing footage of the very undiplomatic exchange.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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What alarms European officials is not just their exclusion from these talks, but also the undiplomatic way the United States has deprioritized European security.—
Dominique Soguel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Feb. 2025
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This inadvisable structure will cost city taxpayers an additional $2 billion over the next 30 years than otherwise would have been the case.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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The new headset brings key features like color passthrough and hand tracking to the lower $300 price point, rendering the older Quest 2 largely inadvisable.—
Brad Bourque,
WIRED,
22 Feb. 2025
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In its first two seasons, viewers have gone on transcontinental journeys, including an indelicate hotel manager in Hawaii and a strange love square in Italy.—
Shivani Gonzalez,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2025
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Advertisement The president-elect’s style — brash, indelicate and pugilistic — is distilled in his son.—
Michelle L. Price,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Nov. 2024
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The reason is very simple—the Noto palazzo was very gauche and fit for the party later in the season, to be thrown by Hollander’s character.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Dec. 2022
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That would be too gauche, too legislative for the court.—
Matt Ford,
The New Republic,
19 May 2022
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There is no doubt that higher education needs reform, but the pending disinvestment in our research universities is unwise and not in our national interest.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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The 15% rate may be harsh and unwise, but 70% can seem indefensible.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Impolitic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impolitic. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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