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词汇 undiplomatic
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Definition of undiplomatic in English:

undiplomatic

adjectiveˌʌndɪpləˈmatɪkˌənˌdɪpləˈmædɪk
  • Being or appearing insensitive and tactless.

    无外交手腕的;不善策略的

    the king's reply was undiplomatic
    his arrogant and undiplomatic manner
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘If there is a situation in which an ambassador should act in an undiplomatic manner, this is it,’ he said.
    • Let's take the most undiplomatic person in the world and make him our top diplomat.
    • In the undiplomatic language of my old neighborhood, put up or shut up.
    • I have to admit, by this stage, I had no qualms whatsoever about being undiplomatic.
    • The Swedish Government has of course complained about this undiplomatic behaviour.
    • On the face of it, it is a little undiplomatic for a Foreign Office Minister to suggest that the British have a monopoly on rational and civilised behaviour.
    • Few premiers are so undiplomatic as to say it publicly but commentators and ordinary people across the continent are loud and proud in voicing support for the Democrat.
    • While John might have been undiplomatic, I think he's right on this one.
    • This undiplomatic language is just not allowed inside the EU.
    • Such undiplomatic candidness will have caused unwanted ripples inside the Home Office.
    • In another subsequent speech he said, ‘Some worry that it is somehow undiplomatic or impolite to speak the language of right and wrong.’
    • It's nice to see that what was once considered to be an impolite and undiplomatic term has now been so widely accepted by its targets.
    • But his strange ways to dress and his undiplomatic bluntness made him many enemies.
    • The attacks are not only undiplomatic but are extremely embarrassing to many people including the thousands of workers employed as a result of Chinese investment here.
    • In a most undiplomatic manner, he grabbed all the papers from the twins and stuffed them back inside the bag.
    • The obvious is not underscored, for it is undiplomatic to do so, and opens vulnerabilities to the right.
    • A most undiplomatic foreign minister has been sent packing.
    • Now, in order to be absolutely truthful, I should be very undiplomatic.
    • This may be undiplomatic language but, given the gravity of the situation, no other word will suffice.
    • He actually is the Chief Diplomatic Officer, except for our presently undiplomatic incumbent there.
    Synonyms
    insensitive, inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking, indelicate, impolitic, indiscreet, unsubtle, clumsy, heavy-handed, graceless, awkward, unpolished, inept, bungling, maladroit, gauche, undiscerning, unsophisticated

Derivatives

  • undiplomatically

  • adverb
    • Nobody in an institution such as the EIB is so rude as to speak undiplomatically about one of its Board of Governors.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One Australian, who asked not to be named, undiplomatically commented: ‘We are so used to these stiff upper lip Brits, but she is a bit like the Irish president who has a bit of character.’
      • ‘If we can show we can do it in what is effectively a Third World country,’ he said, perhaps a little undiplomatically, ‘we can do it it anywhere’.
      • But as one of her supporters rather undiplomatically put it: ‘They are spineless.’
      • ‘They don't,’ I replied, perhaps a bit undiplomatically.

Definition of undiplomatic in US English:

undiplomatic

adjectiveˌənˌdɪpləˈmædɪkˌənˌdipləˈmadik
  • Being or appearing insensitive and tactless.

    无外交手腕的;不善策略的

    the king's reply was undiplomatic
    his arrogant and undiplomatic manner
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the undiplomatic language of my old neighborhood, put up or shut up.
    • In another subsequent speech he said, ‘Some worry that it is somehow undiplomatic or impolite to speak the language of right and wrong.’
    • Few premiers are so undiplomatic as to say it publicly but commentators and ordinary people across the continent are loud and proud in voicing support for the Democrat.
    • It's nice to see that what was once considered to be an impolite and undiplomatic term has now been so widely accepted by its targets.
    • This may be undiplomatic language but, given the gravity of the situation, no other word will suffice.
    • Now, in order to be absolutely truthful, I should be very undiplomatic.
    • While John might have been undiplomatic, I think he's right on this one.
    • I have to admit, by this stage, I had no qualms whatsoever about being undiplomatic.
    • In a most undiplomatic manner, he grabbed all the papers from the twins and stuffed them back inside the bag.
    • Let's take the most undiplomatic person in the world and make him our top diplomat.
    • But his strange ways to dress and his undiplomatic bluntness made him many enemies.
    • A most undiplomatic foreign minister has been sent packing.
    • Such undiplomatic candidness will have caused unwanted ripples inside the Home Office.
    • On the face of it, it is a little undiplomatic for a Foreign Office Minister to suggest that the British have a monopoly on rational and civilised behaviour.
    • He actually is the Chief Diplomatic Officer, except for our presently undiplomatic incumbent there.
    • The obvious is not underscored, for it is undiplomatic to do so, and opens vulnerabilities to the right.
    • The attacks are not only undiplomatic but are extremely embarrassing to many people including the thousands of workers employed as a result of Chinese investment here.
    • ‘If there is a situation in which an ambassador should act in an undiplomatic manner, this is it,’ he said.
    • This undiplomatic language is just not allowed inside the EU.
    • The Swedish Government has of course complained about this undiplomatic behaviour.
    Synonyms
    insensitive, inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking, indelicate, impolitic, indiscreet, unsubtle, clumsy, heavy-handed, graceless, awkward, unpolished, inept, bungling, maladroit, gauche, undiscerning, unsophisticated
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