impolitic

音標發(fā)音

“I am biting my tongue to avoid saying something impolitic,” a bank official wrote at the time.
“我保持緘默，以免出言不當，”一名世行官員當時寫道。
On the Israeli left, the Gaza siege has long been seen both as impolitic and morally indefensible.
以色列左翼分子長期以來一直認為圍困加沙是不可取的，同時在道義上也在站不住腳的。
Adams is idealistic and thoughtful, often headstrong and impolitic, modest yet vain and even jealous of the adulation heaped on other founding fathers.
亞當斯思維縝密卻充滿了理想主義，常常頑固不化，做出不明智的決策，雖然很有節(jié)制卻自視甚高，甚至嫉妒人們奉承其他國父們。

You can see why this impolitic ex-lieutenant governor did not last long as a politician.
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They point to what they see as the impolitic coldness that Syria's foreign minister, Farouq Sharaa, radiates in the talks.
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As impolitic as it is to say out loud, we need to face the fact that jobs are a necessary evil.
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If words or actions are impolitic, they are unwise and likely to cause offence or problems, especially in social situations.