as in inappropriate
showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations
the reporter's undiplomatic references to the state's overweight governor
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Recent Examples of undiplomatic
Xue has been accused of undiplomatic conduct in the past.
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Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Stranger things have happened, but that prospect doesn’t seem likely, judging from the bank’s undiplomatic statement.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
His approach, however, is rhetorically more blunt and undiplomatic compared to most of his predecessors.
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Christian Datoc,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 Mar. 2025
This strength of feeling explains why trans-Atlantic relations were splintering before Friday’s undiplomatic scenes.
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Alexander Smith,
NBC News,
1 Mar. 2025
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Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Stranger things have happened, but that prospect doesn’t seem likely, judging from the bank’s undiplomatic statement.
—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
His approach, however, is rhetorically more blunt and undiplomatic compared to most of his predecessors.
—
Christian Datoc,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 Mar. 2025
This strength of feeling explains why trans-Atlantic relations were splintering before Friday’s undiplomatic scenes.
—
Alexander Smith,
NBC News,
1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undiplomatic
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Murdaugh’s attorneys appealed the convictions, saying the trial was tainted by the county clerk Becky Hill’s inappropriate comments to jurors implying his guilt.
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Live streams and other unfiltered media can expose kids to risky or inappropriate content, so adult guidance is key.
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Your tactless or tactile uncles?
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This response rewards the tactless well-wisher.
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Smaller seats, less legroom, meals on a budget, and now someone whispering indiscreet sweet nothings to their lover in my ear.
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The most successful and lucrative family vlogs are indiscreet almost by definition—and yet the wrong kind of indiscretion can derail the whole gravy train.
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While the expiration of the enhanced ACA subsidies at the end of 2025 made insurance more expensive for millions of consumers, the HHS assistant secretary for planning and evaluation report cited efforts to crack down on improper signups.
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The agency is also asking visitors to the World Cup game or Fan Fest to report any unsafe or improper drone use to the FBI tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
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And this is Minsky’s point, that speculative excesses during euphoric, transformative periods result in imprudent financing, fragility, and instability.
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.
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And again, many of the reforms backfired or proved injudicious, but some of them remain powerful to this day.
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These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.
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Martin-Cotten’s is an indelicate balance between out and out primal furies, parsed with flashes of vulnerability that seem as deeply felt as Martha’s self-loathing.
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Clutch effort is Herculean, and shifting is indelicate but immensely satisfying.
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And no, that was NOT OutKick or FOX who wrote that stupid headline.
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The thing about House of the Dragon is that everything really is quite stupid.
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“Undiplomatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undiplomatic. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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