undiplomatic

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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

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

The envoy’s comments are just the latest in a string of undiplomatic remarks made by Beijing’s envoys that have raised eyebrows in Canberra, Manila and Tokyo.

From Washington Times • Jun. 10, 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