Sentence examples for is tactless from inspiring English sources

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is tactless

adjective

Having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings

  • It was tactless of you not to attend your sister's wedding.

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To ask for more is tactless.

"If you say anything about me, you can say -- the word is tactless," she said.

To pay themselves such a big dividend when so many of their customers have lost money is tactless and jarring.

The cartoon's choice of cliched African imagery is tactless and lazy; its supposition that Obama is coming "home" to an African wilderness is offensive, both to Kenyans and the American president.

I'd like to add to the list: it's tough to convince the reader that a character is tactless and without charm when the writer who created her is so bubbly and seductive.

He really is tactless.

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This was tactless.

In his dealings with Indonesians van Imhoff was tactless.

She can be tactless without meaning to be.

Nobody wants to be tactless and, plainly, it is always going to be a difficult issue.

Your friend was tactless and unkind to let you know you weren't her first choice.

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