discourtesy

Example Sentences

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A vice foreign minister called in Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming and strongly protested what South Korea called "diplomatic discourtesy", the South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement.

From Reuters

The sergeant was investigated by the police department for “discourtesy and conduct unbecoming,” rather than bias or prejudice, and retired before facing looming discipline.

From Washington Post

My Gove apologised and said “no discourtesy was intended” when he spoke about the approval of the Woodhouse Colliery scheme in Cumbria - the first new UK deep mine in decades.

From BBC

Coast Guard vessel was denied permission to make a port call, another apparently intentional discourtesy.

From Washington Post

The reporter continued, and an angry Lavrov weighed in: “He’s discourteous. He’s working in Ukraine now. He’s got infected with discourtesy.”

From Seattle Times