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Tactless   /tˈæktləs/   Listen
Tactless

adjective
1.
Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others.  Synonym: untactful.
2.
Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse.  Synonym: inept.  "It was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"



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"Tactless" Quotes from Famous Books



... endeavoured to secure Roumania's co-operation. When the Tsar was at Constanza a month before the tragedy at Sarajevo, his Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sassonoff, paid a visit to Bucharest. When there, he and Bratianu went on a walking tour together to Transylvania. I did not hear of this tactless excursion until it was over, but I shared Berchtold's surprise at such a proceeding on ...
— In the World War • Count Ottokar Czernin
... Libbie crawled from under the seat where she had dived, following an ostrich-like impulse to hide her head from coming danger. Her confusion was increased by the tactless comment of the operator who, seeing her "full view" ...
— Betty Gordon in Washington • Alice B. Emerson


Words linked to "Tactless" :   inelegant, maladroit, tactful, inconsiderate


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