impolicy

/ (ɪmˈpɒlɪsɪ) /

noun plural -cies

the act or an instance of being unjudicious or impolitic

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schlep

to say or do hesitantly or awkwardly

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to carry; lug

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Words nearby impolicy

implosion therapy, implosive, impluvium, imply, impolder, impolicy, impolite, impolitic, imponderabilia, imponderable, impone

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Example sentences from the Web for impolicy

Not long afterwards Mr. Colburn saw the impolicy of his scheme.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865|Various
Of course it is very easy for Sir James Graham, holding such views, to descant on the impolicy of any return to protection.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 425, March, 1851|Various
(There is point in the italicised word: it hints the impolicy of employing United States engineers for such works).
Toronto of Old|Henry Scadding
Its impolicy, therefore, was included in its injustice and its inhumanity.
The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the|Thomas Clarkson

Mr. Croker made one of those speeches which proved nothing but the impolicy of the speaker.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan