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tactless
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As an adjective, tactless means having no tact.
Meanings of tactless
3 meaningsadjective
Having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings
“It was tactless of you not to attend your sister's wedding.”
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”
Similar: untactfulRevealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
“an inept remark”
“it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable”
Similar: inept
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and consider…
untactful
adjective: revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
Oppositestactful
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