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impolicy

impolicy noun: the state or act of being impolitic.

Noun

impolicy (countable and uncountable, plural impolicies)

  1. The state or act of being impolitic.
    • The company pretty generally go out for a given time, and with a given sum in their pockets, which, in nine cases out often, admits of but little encroachment; and if the temptations of mixing in superior society and speculating in expensive novelties cause new demands on papas, or show mammas the...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 174
    • An impulse urged him to plant a sudden blow on it, by he forced himself to consider the impolicy of such an act.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 218

Forms of impolicy

pluralimpolicies

Questions about impolicy

What does impolicy mean?
Impolicy means the state or act of being impolitic.
What part of speech is impolicy?
Impolicy is a noun.
What is the plural of impolicy?
The plural of impolicy is impolicies.

Words near impolicy in the dictionary

  1. impolder
  2. impoldered
  3. impoldering
  4. impolders
  5. impolicies
  6. impolicy
  7. impolished
  8. impolite
  9. impolitely
  10. impoliteness
  11. impolitenesses

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