/??n.d?p.l??m?t.?.k?l.i/us/??n.d?p.l??m?t?.?.k.li/in a way that mightcausepeopleto beupset,hurt, orannoyed:Theplaywrightundiplomaticallyupsetthecastwith hisharshcommentsafter the firstperformance.in a way that is nottypicalof orsuitablefordiplomats(=officialswhosejobis torepresenttheircountryin anothercountry, and who usuallyworkin anembassy):Heriskeddamagingthe country'stradingtieswithEuropebyissuingan undiplomaticallybluntmessage.Related wordundiplomaticMore examples
Try not toexpressyouropinionso undiplomatically.
Sheremarkedundiplomatically that she hadn'tenjoyedthepartyat all.
As hespoke, the man from theembassyrolledhiseyesundiplomatically.
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