impolicy
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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
In England, it served to show the ignorance of the ministers; the impolicy of their measures towards America; and the utter inexpediency of the stamp act.
From The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers by Mason Locke Weems
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 John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
From that she glided gradually to other subjects, and dwelt with a touch of sadness on the impolicy of early marriages.
From Mabel's Mistake by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
Imprisonment for Debt, its impolicy and evil consequences in producing moral Crimes, 390, 394, &c.
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