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Recent Examples of impolitic
Though Baron’s account contains no collegial bombshells, it is filled with small, impolitic, and probably unnecessary detonations of this kind, apparently included for the fullness of the record.
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Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
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.
—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
As with any historic document, some of the diary entries are impolitic by today’s standards, but this should not diminish the importance of this book.
—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Dec. 2022
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Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
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.
—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
As with any historic document, some of the diary entries are impolitic by today’s standards, but this should not diminish the importance of this book.
—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impolitic
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Now, because of his imprudent and inaccurate sloganeering, even with a majority of his appointees sitting on the board, the mayor faces the prospect of a legal and political fiasco that implicates the honesty of his most prominent promise to his constituents.—
Christian Browne,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The grand jury also charged Talley with a misdemeanor count of operating a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner — stunt driving.—
Robert A. Cronkleton
March 24,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This response rewards the tactless well-wisher.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Tapper believes conservatives were proven correct in their harsh and at times tactless assessments of Biden’s condition, which clearly worsened in 2023 after his son Hunter faced the possibility of a prison sentence when a plea deal on tax and gun charges fell apart.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Save the undiplomatic diplomats.—
Max Boot,
Washington Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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This undiplomatic tirade went over well in the White House, but marked him as a belligerent nativist abroad and something of an isolationist at home.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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The frame was actually lifted, so that the piping from the turbo to the engine could be technically feasible, even if inadvisable in real life.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
19 Mar. 2026
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The reality is that reconciling a relationship is not just difficult, but sometimes inadvisable or dangerous, especially in cases involving harm or trauma.—
Richard Balkin,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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The ambience of the chat rooms is like that of Hooters: visually indelicate but discursively family-friendly.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Martin-Cotten’s is an indelicate balance between out and out primal furies, parsed with flashes of vulnerability that seem as deeply felt as Martha’s self-loathing.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
13 Feb. 2026
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And where better to contrast our hero’s love of old world, old money aesthetics with the gauche American nouveau?—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 Nov. 2025
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The cast largely helps to keep things grounded, rebutting the histrionics by treating each claim with legitimacy or reciting each gauche line with apt conviction.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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Don’t let false friends (or even well-meaning but financially unwise ones) pressure you into overspending.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2026
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Therefore, your desire to pull up your socks and make some improvements might be a bit scattered or unwise.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Impolitic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impolitic. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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