Definition of unstatesmanlike in English:
unstatesmanlike
adjectiveʌnˈsteɪtsmənlʌɪkˌənˈsteɪtsmənˌlaɪk
Not suitable for or befitting a statesman.
his decision was condemned as petulant and unstatesmanlike
Example sentencesExamples
- He was notorious for his unstatesmanlike dirty tricks when dealing with people who failed to toe his line.
- But the prime minister is also known for unstatesmanlike gaffes and occasionally losing his temper.
- His unstatesmanlike behavior and childish tough talk makes many people in other countries wince.
- Harold Macmillan's "wind of change" speech was a gratuitous piece of rhetoric which committed the inexcusably unstatesmanlike folly of arousing vast expectations in advance of what was bound to be an extremely difficult disengagement from empire.
Definition of unstatesmanlike in US English:
unstatesmanlike
adjectiveˌənˈstātsmənˌlīkˌənˈsteɪtsmənˌlaɪk
Not suitable for or befitting a statesman.
his decision was condemned as petulant and unstatesmanlike
Example sentencesExamples
- Harold Macmillan's "wind of change" speech was a gratuitous piece of rhetoric which committed the inexcusably unstatesmanlike folly of arousing vast expectations in advance of what was bound to be an extremely difficult disengagement from empire.
- He was notorious for his unstatesmanlike dirty tricks when dealing with people who failed to toe his line.
- But the prime minister is also known for unstatesmanlike gaffes and occasionally losing his temper.
- His unstatesmanlike behavior and childish tough talk makes many people in other countries wince.