as in inappropriate
showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations
made a tactless remark about how the apartment had that "lived-in" look
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Recent Examples of tactless
In a pandemic, recovery may be tactless topic to raise in a country where a million people died of the covid virus and millions remain terrified of catching it, especially with the long term side effects still uncertain.
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Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2024
But until that time, Thomas embodies a no-nonsense journalistic furor — if an occasionally tactless one, given the risks — over the state’s control over information, and over their visit.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 May 2024
Second, its tactless characters provided a useful moral compass.
—Karla Miller, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis create an effortless synergy while their higher-ups — played by Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, and Colin Farrell — steal the show by acting out the tactless, HR nightmares that come back to haunt them.
—James Mercadante and Kelsie Calderon, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2023
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Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2024
But until that time, Thomas embodies a no-nonsense journalistic furor — if an occasionally tactless one, given the risks — over the state’s control over information, and over their visit.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 May 2024
Second, its tactless characters provided a useful moral compass.
—Karla Miller, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis create an effortless synergy while their higher-ups — played by Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, and Colin Farrell — steal the show by acting out the tactless, HR nightmares that come back to haunt them.
—James Mercadante and Kelsie Calderon, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tactless
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The accusations include inappropriate touching and forcibly kissing an intern.Steve Bittenbender | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
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This, of course, does not excuse inappropriate behavior toward customers.Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The president-elect’s style — brash, indelicate and pugilistic — is distilled in his son.Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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After Shkreli propositioned Duca via Twitter direct message, the Teen Vogue columnist responded with this, albeit indelicate, rejection.Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 4 Aug. 2017
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Alternatively, there are people who grew up with little but became wealthy, and are now very careless with money.Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
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All of this can bring out even more careless behaviors than seen the rest of the year, which can in turn put everyone else at greater risk.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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In early November, St. Philip officials reported to the Diocese of Nashville Safe Environment Office that a teen in the parish had made a report of improper touching involving Garcia.Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Defense lawyers said that speech included a series of improper and prejudicial comments against the defendants and their legal team, poisoning any potential jurors against them.Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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So maybe use the feelings aroused by your sister-in-law’s thoughtless, certainly injudicious, possibly naughty remark as an opportunity to rise above.James Parker, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2024
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What The Meng Episode Means (1): Is Huawei A Tool of The CCP? Meng’s release, and injudicious remarks, do not bode well for Huawei.George Calhoun, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
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Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee, has made some indiscreet utterances, though there is no compelling evidence of alcoholism as critics have alleged.George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
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Classical After a buzzing opening night complete with an indiscreet bait and switch—Josh Groban headlined after an ever-busy Cynthia Erivo had to withdraw—next up for the New York Philharmonic is a celebration of Afromodernism.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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The Boke character, which would be Johnson, is the one who will make a mistake on purpose, or make a stupid joke.Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Aziz Taher/Reuters Indeed, Mr. Biden’s exasperation with Mr. Netanyahu exploded in a recent phone call between the two, when the president reportedly shouted at the Israeli prime minister and told him in heated undiplomatic terms to stop misleading him.Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2024
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Defense experts told Newsweek that the sentiment behind Trump's rhetoric, though perhaps undiplomatic, can be viewed as a continuation of previous administrations' stances.David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
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“Tactless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tactless. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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