unstatesmanlikeadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsteɪtsmənlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˌənˈsteɪtsmənˌlaɪk/ (un- prefix1 1c.)
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [adjective] > characteristic of or befitting statesman > not
unstatesmanlike1796
1796 Ld. Sheffield in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 357 The miserable unstatesmanlike mode of taxation which has prevailed.
1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens I. 456 A daring, but no unstatesmanlike stroke of policy.
1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. 397 Mr. Gladstone's sudden resolve was openly condemned as petulant and unstatesmanlike.
Derivatives
unˈstatesmanlikely adv.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [adverb] > in unstatesmanlike manner
unstatesmanlikely1846
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 326 There are moments..when the strongest ministerial mind becomes unstatesmanlikely enfeebled.
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