Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not tactful or diplomatic.
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- adjective not
diplomatic ortactful - adjective
lacking sensitivity or theskill ofdealing with others
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not skilled in dealing with others
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Examples
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Still ahead, what some re calling undiplomatic moves from the U.S. 'top diplomats.
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In a world in which sometimes people have got the oil we need or don't like us, kind of undiplomatic way of putting it, it means we got a national security issue.
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Actually, Colin Powell wrote a very appropriate and unusually "undiplomatic" Op/Ed in The New York Times, laying out the human-rights case against Mugabe and talking about the steps the U.S. and Europe were taking and how we needed help from our African allies.
Life in Mugabe-ville 2003
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Actually, Colin Powell wrote a very appropriate and unusually "undiplomatic" Op/Ed in The New York Times, laying out the human-rights case against Mugabe and talking about the steps the U.S. and Europe were taking and how we needed help from our African allies.
Life in Mugabe-ville 2003
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The newspaper quoted diplomatic sources as saying that Zambia would have no choice but to declare Saudubray persona non-grata if he repeated his "undiplomatic" conduct.
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Asked about Kan's statements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said they were "undiplomatic" and contrasted sharply with the positive tone of a meeting between Kan and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Yokohama last fall.
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NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday demanded an apology from Germany for the "undiplomatic" remarks made by a German parliamentary delegation about Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during a recent visit to the state.
The Times of India 2010
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NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday demanded an apology from Germany for the "undiplomatic" remarks made by a German parliamentary delegation about Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during a recent visit to the state.
The Times of India 2010
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NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday demanded an apology from Germany for the "undiplomatic" remarks made by a German parliamentary delegation about Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during a recent visit to the state.
The Times of India 2010
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NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday demanded an apology from Germany for the "undiplomatic" remarks made by a German parliamentary delegation about Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during a recent visit to the state.
The Times of India 2010
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