undiplomatic
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Pretoria earlier this month summoned the new US ambassador to explain "undiplomatic remarks" about South African racial policies and court decisions.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
His prior public service, as councilor, then deputy mayor, of a Sydney suburb ended abruptly in 2009 amid displays of undiplomatic temper.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025
That undiplomatic language was a rare media misstep and contrasts with No 10's expectation that Mandelson will be a far safer pair of hands with journalists than his predecessor, outgoing ambassador Dame Karen Pierce.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025
A former Greek foreign minister known for his undiplomatic outbursts and on whose watch Greece suffered one of its most embarrassing foreign policy debacles in 1999.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023
But, like some other undiplomatic ambassadors, in her desire to be civil, she ran at once to the extremity of the permitted concessions.
From Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite by Trollope, Anthony
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