undiplomatic

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"At the risk of sounding undiplomatic, Pakistan has to have internal investment in your public services and your business opportunities," Clinton told businessmen, taking swipe at tax evasion in the cash-strapped country.

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  • "He's showing himself to be undiplomatic, to be a bull in a china shop," Gorenberg said. —  The Seattle Times
  • I like honesty, even when it's considered a bit rude and undiplomatic, and therefore love the way young children speak. —  The Blogfathers
  • By someone claiming that the Papal Nuncio had been rushed to hospital and that his reception was cancelled; and by someone claiming that the Pope was planning to present the Prince of Wales with a supremely undiplomatic present reminding him of the royal divorce leading to England's breach with Rome. —  Telegraph Blogs
  • Irrespective of Netanyahu's own ideological commitment and past declarations, seeds of misunderstanding and potential rift were sown already a fortnight ago on the day of the new government take-over when his foreign minister, Avigdor Liberman, launched a most undiplomatic offensive, declaring that Israel is not obliged by the U. S.-led Annapolis peace process that maps the way to a two-state solution. —  IPS Inter Press Service
  • In a Congress committee hearing, State Department Secretary Hillary Clinton uttered on Friday a painfully undiplomatic statement.
 

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