How to Use tactless in a Sentence

tactless

adjective

• This is not to say that Sanders has never been the subject of tactless, sexist remarks.
  — Amanda Arnold, The Cut, 29 Apr. 2018
• Turns in the plot ultimately make this feel less tactless, but Rough Night has other hurdles to clear.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 15 June 2017
• Winslet, though, has stuck through it, despite the cruel media, the bad reviews, the uninspiring scripts, the tactless journalists.
  — Jeva Lange, The Week, 26 May 2021
• By the time the new season began, his divorce was the talk of the office, and the OC agents couldn’t help but wonder what part Tyler’s tactless interactions with his colleagues played in the breakup.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• The most entertaining relationship in the book belongs to Jane and her mother Phyllis, a galumphing, tactless force who lives down in Grand Rapids.
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2021
• The song does not require such a tactless thematic assist from PowerPoint.
  — Lee Williams | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2019
• Alas, Madame Verdurin’s sinking feelings are not hers alone, since who among us isn’t implicated in this moment of tactless pleasure?
  — Laurence Scott, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2016
• However, what your cohorts are doing is not mindless, tactless talk.
  — Tribune, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2020
• This is just a more tactless articulation of the same belief system our cities operate on today.
  — Apoorva Tadepalli, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2020
• Beethoven’s decision to appoint his brother Karl as his go-between with publishers was ill-advised, as Karl was arrogant and tactless.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 29 Dec. 2020
• As decoration, they are considered tacky; as gifts, tactless.
  — Avi Steinberg, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2017
• Marion is deeply concerned with presentation, while Lady Bird (like many a teenager) often blurts out observations that come off as tactless or hurtful.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2017
• Concerned members posted comments with questions, some demanding an explanation for what was largely seen as a tactless message.
  — Outside Online, 15 Dec. 2020
• Nearly seventy years later Ridley isn’t quite tactless or tasteless, but she’s untrammeled by any restraints.
  — Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2021
• With millions of people watching, negative, insensitive, and sometimes tactless comments are inevitable.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 19 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024