tactless
Example Sentences
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“I think he’s dangerously tactless in a radioactive topic” and “should exercise more caution,” Steven Pinker, author and Harvard University evolutionary psychologist, says of Cofnas’s rhetoric on genetics’ role in intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
On Wednesday evening, Jones told ITV's Peston programme: "I'm sorry about it. It was tactless and it wasn't well considered", adding "I apologise if I've offended people."
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2025
“I know it’s tradition to be happy on Purim, but this year I think it’s tactless to do these carnivals,” said David Heyd.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
According to a tactless assistant, it was because Hanks himself watched Ratliff’s audition tape and was put off by his “dead eyes.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
Our tactless mother, especially, only made things go from bad to worse.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Vocabulary lists containing tactless
Common Senses: Tact, Tang ("Touch")
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