Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking or exhibiting a lack of tact; bluntly inconsiderate or indiscreet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of tact; characterized by want of tact.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of tact.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective having no
tact ; unaware or intentionallyinconsiderate of someone else's feelings
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
- adjective revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
Etymologies
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Examples
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I haven't found out what the trouble is, but I know you must have sinned against the girl in some way, or done something tactless, which is worse, and made her angry.
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Karl Anderson 1901
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Herr Sydney here and myself, surely it was 'tactless' of them?
A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa Frederick Cornell
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As for Biden being 'tactless', I would suggest that's why Bibi considers him a straight shooter (aka "doesn't pull his punches").
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As for Biden being 'tactless', I would suggest that's why Bibi considers him a straight shooter (aka "doesn't pull his punches").
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Brighton Argus reported that workers at the Burgess Hill and Shoreham factories of the Edwards company were told in the video - deemed "tactless" by the Unite union - that manufacturing was being moved to South Korea and the Czech Republic.
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A spokeswoman for the department told Ekho Moskvy radio that it was "tactless" of the publisher to use the department's name for the calendar, but that the students would face no punishment.
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It's not like my physics major, where it seemed tactless but at least it was something I had chosen for myself so I could be blamed for it if they felt blame was necessary.
mrissa: Hollywood broken leg theory mrissa 2010
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What other character do you know of who is searingly brilliant, stunningly engaging in his rat-a-tat-tat conversational wizardly, totally and even smugly tactless and rude - and still adored?
Bella DePaulo: Facebook Movie: The Arrogance of Achievement vs. the Arrogance of Inheritance Bella DePaulo 2010
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What other character do you know of who is searingly brilliant, stunningly engaging in his rat-a-tat-tat conversational wizardly, totally and even smugly tactless and rude - and still adored?
Bella DePaulo: Facebook Movie: The Arrogance of Achievement vs. the Arrogance of Inheritance Bella DePaulo 2010
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Just when I thought I knew the names of most of the more tactless, bigotted Republicans, along comes this clown.
GOP congressman heckles Obama during health-care speech 2009
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