as in inappropriate
showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations
made a tactless remark about how the apartment had that "lived-in" look
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Recent Examples of tactless
Ultimately, the film hammers home that this klutzy, tactless new man in town is first and foremost a voyeur — which is where most of the taboo shattering comes in.
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Miriam Balanescu,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
On the dark side, Mercury in Sagittarius can be overly blunt and tactless in communication.
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Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
And his most tactless friend, Justin, the volelike fellow with the baseball-cap addiction, would ask, Whatever happened to that other Laura?
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Hannah Gold,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
At the end of the day, Cooper's guilty of being tactless.
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Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tactless
Miriam Balanescu,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
On the dark side, Mercury in Sagittarius can be overly blunt and tactless in communication.
—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
And his most tactless friend, Justin, the volelike fellow with the baseball-cap addiction, would ask, Whatever happened to that other Laura?
—
Hannah Gold,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
At the end of the day, Cooper's guilty of being tactless.
—
Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tactless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tactless
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Murdaugh’s attorneys appealed the convictions, saying the trial was tainted by the county clerk Becky Hill’s inappropriate comments to jurors implying his guilt.
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Live streams and other unfiltered media can expose kids to risky or inappropriate content, so adult guidance is key.
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Martin-Cotten’s is an indelicate balance between out and out primal furies, parsed with flashes of vulnerability that seem as deeply felt as Martha’s self-loathing.
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Clutch effort is Herculean, and shifting is indelicate but immensely satisfying.
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The Most The business owners who get burned in an exit are almost never careless.
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Still, multitasking can lead to careless errors, irritability or burnout, so take it easy.
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While the expiration of the enhanced ACA subsidies at the end of 2025 made insurance more expensive for millions of consumers, the HHS assistant secretary for planning and evaluation report cited efforts to crack down on improper signups.
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The agency is also asking visitors to the World Cup game or Fan Fest to report any unsafe or improper drone use to the FBI tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
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And again, many of the reforms backfired or proved injudicious, but some of them remain powerful to this day.
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These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.
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Smaller seats, less legroom, meals on a budget, and now someone whispering indiscreet sweet nothings to their lover in my ear.
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The most successful and lucrative family vlogs are indiscreet almost by definition—and yet the wrong kind of indiscretion can derail the whole gravy train.
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And no, that was NOT OutKick or FOX who wrote that stupid headline.
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The thing about House of the Dragon is that everything really is quite stupid.
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.
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To be fair, those imprudent claims were made without the benefit of seeing this evidence.
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“Tactless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tactless. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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