unstatesmanlike

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unstatesmanlike

(ʌnˈsteɪtsmənlaɪk)

adj

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) not resembling or befitting a political leader whose wisdom, integrity, etc win great respect

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Adj.

unstatesmanlike - not statesmanlike; "unstatesmanlike procedure"

unpresidential - not presidential; "very unpresidential behavior"

statesmanlike, statesmanly - marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman; "a man of statesmanlike judgment"; "a statesmanlike solution of the present perplexities"-V.L.Parrington

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unstatesmanlike

[ˈʌnˈsteɪtsmənlaɪk] ADJ → indigno or impropio de un estadista

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unstatesmanlike

adj → unstaatsmännisch

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