tactless
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In 2016’s The Mandibles, she created a character whom she described as a “pure piss-take” of herself: belligerent, tactless, a maniacal exerciser–the Ur-Boomer, utterly self-absorbed and an unalloyed financial disaster for society.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 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
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
He could be personally kind and thoughtful, but also monumentally tactless.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2019
Mr. Banks gave her such a hurt look that she wished she had been less tactless and had said she had put it there herself.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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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