tactless
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There is, of course, a place for that, too, especially in a film that is a partial send-up of tactless slasher movie tropes.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
“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
“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
But Locklear and other women at the sessions saw the remark as tactless considering the setting.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
I can see Beatrice, dear friendly tactless Beatrice, watching me from her partner’s arms, nodding encouragement, the bangles jangling on her wrists, the veil slipping continually from her over-heated forehead.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing tactless
Common Senses: Tact, Tang ("Touch")
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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A Doll's House
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