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tactless
adj. lacking tact, undiplomatic, showing a lack of skill in dealing with others


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tactless
Adjective
1. lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age"
(synonym) untactful
(antonym) tactful
(see-also) inconsiderate
2. showing skill in handling difficult situations
(synonym) undiplomatic
(similar) impolitic
3. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"
(synonym) inept
(similar) maladroit



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Tactless
(a.)
Destitute of tact.
  

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tactless
Synonyms and related words:
abrupt, airy, awkward, blanket, bluff, blunt, boorish, brash, brusque, bungling, caddish, careless, casual, clumsy, coarse, crude, cursory, degage, discourteous, disregardant, disregardful, disrespectful, easygoing, flippant, forgetful, free and easy, gauche, general, gruff, heedless, ill-bred, impertinent, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indelicate, indifferent, indiscreet, indiscriminate, indiscriminative, inept, injudicious, insensitive, insouciant, lazy, loutish, louty, maladroit, nasty, nonjudgmental, oblivious, offensive, offhand, perfunctory, promiscuous, reckless, regardless, respectless, rough, rude, thoughtless, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncritical, uncriticizing, undemanding, undifferentiating, undiplomatic, undiscreet, undiscriminating, undiscriminative, unexacting, unfastidious, unfeminine, ungenteel, ungentle, ungentlemanly, unheedful, unheeding, unladylike, unmeticulous, unmindful, unparticular, unrefined, unselective, unsolicitous, unsophisticated, unsubtle, untactful, unthinking, unwise, vulgar, wholesale|
  

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tactless
tactless /'tæktlis/
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