tactless

Example Sentences

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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

Our tactless mother, especially, only made things go from bad to worse.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank