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Grammar : Adj
Spell : takt-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtækt lɪs



Definition of tactless

Origin :
  • 1847, from tact + -less. Related: Tactlessly; tactlessness.
  • adj unthinking, careless
Example sentences :
  • When some tactless person tried to play tricks with the Crown.
  • Extract from : « Sir Walter Scott » by George Saintsbury
  • And it was just there that the tactless waitress interrupted us so rudely.
  • Extract from : « Marge Askinforit » by Barry Pain
  • I believe, for a woman, I am quite unpardonably clumsy and tactless.'
  • Extract from : « Peter and Jane » by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
  • Being in a nervous twitter to get rid of him, I suppose I was pretty abrupt and tactless.
  • Extract from : « Dear Enemy » by Jean Webster
  • Yes, I was still a bachelor—and probably a tactless, even a brutal, one.
  • Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller
  • Such frankness would have been reprehensible and tactless in the extreme.
  • Extract from : « Pietro Ghisleri » by F. (Francis) Marion Crawford
  • And, as the just reply to tactlessness is truth, also tactless, he let Evelyn have it.
  • Extract from : « The Angel of Pain » by E. F. Benson
  • "Let's go down the brook," said Neale, hastily, fearful that he had been tactless.
  • Extract from : « The U.P. Trail » by Zane Grey
  • Its tactless to mention it, but—youre a millionaire, arent you?
  • Extract from : « Twos and Threes » by G. B. Stern
  • It is safe to assume that the King was cold, cynical, polite and tactless.
  • Extract from : « Talleyrand » by Joseph McCabe

Synonyms for tactless

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