Can Someone Be Tactless?
To Be Tactless Is to Either Be Rude (Without Manners) or Inept (Without Finesse). Either Way, It's Awkward. Since People with Tact Are Polite and Respectful...
To be tactless is to either be rude (without manners) or inept (without finesse). Either way, it's awkward. Since people with tact are polite and respectful, tactless people are the opposite: rude and ill-mannered.
What do you call someone who is tactless?
untactful, awkward, boorish, brash, bungling, clumsy, crude, discourteous, gauche, gruff, harsh, hasty, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indelicate, indiscreet, inept, injudicious.
How do you use tactless in a sentence?
- My tactless sister made a joke about running over a dog even though she knew my son's pet had recently died.
- Because Jason was ignorant about mental illness, he did not realize his comment about depression was tactless.
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