Sentence examples for was tactless from inspiring English sources

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was 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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This was tactless.

In his dealings with Indonesians van Imhoff was tactless.

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

This was probably necessary, but it was tactless of him to order a state jet, which he seems to use a lot, while calling for austerity.

And she examined Mary in her frank way that Mary at first thought was "tactless," and said, "You don't understand something.

Their currencies suffered dramatic declines last year, after Ben Bernanke, the chairman of America's Federal Reserve, was tactless enough to say that it would not keep printing money to buy bonds at the same pace for ever.

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To ask for more is tactless.

She can be tactless without meaning to be.

"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.

People can be tactless, make assumptions, and – because heterosexuality is the norm – they often get it wrong.

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