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
He vindicated free trade, and showed the impolicy of the usury laws.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.
But it had not long been granted, when John proceeded to throw away his advantage by acts of reckless impolicy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
"My dear Tony, there is a vulgar adage about the impolicy of quarrelling with one's bread-and-butter; but how far more reprehensible would it be to quarrel with the face of the man who cuts it?"
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
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)
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