(a.) Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lebedev said it would be "impolite" for him to think about any influence on British politics.
(2) 2) Subjects who received impolite messages showed positive attitude change toward computers despite the impolite messages.
(3) But we suppress so much just because it's impolite."
(4) Subjects became aggressive when impolite message were given repeatedly.
(5) But there is also the legendary case of the renowned South Korean director Shin Sang-ok who was actually kidnapped in 1978 from Hong Kong on the orders of Kim Jong-il who wanted him to make films promoting the good name of North Korea — the South Koreans evidently accepted (or thought it impolitic publicly to dispute) Kim’s claim that Shin had come willingly.
(6) To be impolite, it is theft," he said , branding search engines such as Google and Yahoo as "content kleptomaniacs" .
(7) And Gehry has a history of struggles with boards and impolitic comments.
(8) The frontrunner has spent much of the campaign apologising for impolite remarks about neighbours.
(9) But before the night ended, Minaj responded to criticism from the show’s host, Miley Cyrus, who had said in a New York Times interview last week that Minaj’s criticism was impolite and came from a place of jealousy.
(10) "But be punished in a way where people don't feel the managers are strange or weird or impolite people, or people without control."
(11) Taking a mobile phone picture of the emperor or his family is also considered impolite.
(12) I do, partly because it seems ungrateful and impolite not to, and partly because there's nothing else, really, to call oneself while retaining any connection to an original sense of justice.
(13) She declined to say how old she was, deeming it an “impolite question”, saying instead: “If you really need a number then go ahead and make it up based on my photographs”.
(14) Randall’s occasionally impolitic remarks made national headlines such as in 2010 when he referred to the national broadcaster as “Gay-BC”, and again in 2011 when he accused the mining industry of being “pussy -whipped” by Rudd’s successor, Julia Gillard, over the proposed mining tax.
(15) I believe at the end of the day I'll be seen as the 'impolite guy', the one who's aggressive in his words.
(16) But Judt's willingness to voice, as the New York Times recently put it, "impolite truths" brought attacks from fellow intellectuals.
(17) To act otherwise would have been “aggressive” and impolite.
(18) 5.05pm BST 1 min: The Dutch allow Australia to get some early touches at the back without any impolite pressure.
(19) Indeed, while the point of this study was to examine the medical profession's use of placebos, nobody seems impolite enough to point out that there are times when it's the patients' own fault if they end up smarting from a saline injection they didn't need.
(20) Giddings said that although he did not believe he had undermined or personally criticised Welby, he had apologised to the archbishop, who had since told him he had found nothing offensive, discourteous, impolite or disrespectful in his words.
Imprudent
Definition:
(a.) Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.
Example Sentences:
(1) The relationships observed support the following conclusions: (A) the femoral score and the metacarpal index are related to the degree of osteopenia; (B) the biconcavity index reflects the extraskeletal factors that are pathogenic in spinal osteoporosis; (C) a reduced femoral trabecular pattern index is associated with spinal osteoporosis, although this measurement is not related to the degree of osteopenia; and (D) it may be imprudent to diagnose osteoporosis from the presence of lumbar compression fractures.
(2) The execution of a figure like Sheikh al-Nimr, who had no means to follow his political and religious goals but through speaking out, merely shows the extent of irresponsibility and imprudence.” Iran’s parliamentary chair, Ali Larijani, warned: “Nimr’s martyrdom will put Saudi Arabia in a malestrom.
(3) While a December taper remains very much an outlier , any cautious portfolio manager would be remarkably imprudent if they didn’t lock in some gains in a month where liquidity traditionally starts to slip back the nearer we get to Christmas.
(4) But as the siege developed, imprudent hyperbole captivated some headline writers, not least at the The Daily Telegraph, whose special edition screamed “DEATH CULT CBD ATTACK – IS takes 13 hostages in city cafe siege”.
(5) Given the possibility of deleterious consequences of population-wide salt restriction for at least some people in a setting such as the United States, it seems imprudent to recommend such a policy before its proven worth has been demonstrated by clinical trial.
(6) It is apparent from this analysis that: 1) there is a large number of patients who will require chronic ventilator support, 2) weaning of "unweanable" patients can occur in selected cases and can be most expeditiously accomplished in specialized units, 3) these specialized units are cost effective, and early transfer from the DRG-reimbursed ICUs would benefit not only the patient but also the reimbursing agent and referral hospital, 4) specialized, adequately funded centers for unweanable patients need to be developed, and 5) further studies and education concerning the imprudent use of ventilators must be implemented by the appropriate physician organizations.
(7) Those wearing fleeces, parkas and sensible footwear were envied by neighbours imprudently kitted out for a summer sports festival.
(8) The authors conclude showing the gravity of injury that will induce imprudent administration of ASA in hypersensitive subject.
(9) It would be imprudent to discuss them with rivals, and tasteless to admit their existence in polite company.
(10) OC use would appear imprudent for women with a history of hypertension, gestational hypertension and a family history of hypertension.
(11) It’s no surprise that the row between Dolce and Gabbana and Elton John has proved irresistible to the media, given that it involves two delicious concepts: celebrities openly expressing anger and fashion people being imprudent.
(12) Bowe accepted in a statement that the language used in the taped recordings of internal bank conversations "was imprudent and inappropriate".
(13) Companies are already reporting earning pressures due to the rising dollar, and some are even asking their governments to play a more forceful role in countering a stealth “currency war.” Second, because the dollar is used as a reserve currency, a rapid rise in its value could put pressure on those who have used it imprudently.
(14) Fragment necrosis in comminuted fractures or after imprudent dissection of the fracture site leads to important bone healing disturbances after plate osteosynthesis.
(15) It was concluded that at this time it would be imprudent to forgo larval treatment in cases where compounds proved negative after adult feeding.
(16) The club-record signing failed to score during his time at the club and the statement said: "The key shareholders have made their dissatisfaction of such a huge loss known to the board of directors which they believe is due to imprudent and careless management undertaken by the previous football management."
(17) Using its supervisory powers, the Fed will scrutinise large banks' policies and will veto measures that could encourage staff to take "imprudent risks".
(18) June 8 Members' interests committee concludes Hamilton was "imprudent" not to have registered stay at Ritz.
(19) A description of the incident causing injury was obtained for all 56 patients and subsequently rated by non-medical judges on a dimension of prudence-imprudence.
(20) Radial keratotomy presently appears to be fraught with intrinsic hazards and is imprudent and inadvisable for pilots or aircrew, in whom long-term stable, non-fluctuating, asymptomatic, keen vision is required in both bright and dim light.