impolicy
Britishnoun
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“It is not the province of the court to decide upon the justice or injustice, the policy or impolicy, of these laws. The decision of that question belonged to the political or lawmaking power.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 8, 2015
I cannot remember whether I indicated the mental peculiarity which has developed into such impolicy; but whatever I did say is for you to apply and employ entirely as you please.
From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
The queen, convinced of the impolicy of emigration, did every thing in her power to induce the emigrants to return.
From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
It was in vain that some of his counsellors remonstrated on the impolicy, at a crisis like the present, of outraging the feelings of the nation, by whom Egmont in particular was so much beloved.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
Had I objected to you, I should have pointed out to Mr. Hunter the impolicy of your coming.
From A Life's Secret A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
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