[syn: inept, tactless]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tactless \Tact"less\, a.
Destitute of tact.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tactless
adj 1: lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and
considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances
it was tactless to ask her age" [syn: tactless,
untactful] [ant: tactful]
2: revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an
inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those
disagreeable" [syn: inept, tactless]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "tactless":
abrupt, airy, awkward, blanket, bluff, blunt, boorish, brash,
brusque, bungling, caddish, careless, casual, clumsy, coarse,
crude, cursory, degage, discourteous, disregardant, disregardful,
disrespectful, easygoing, flippant, forgetful, free and easy,
gauche, general, gruff, heedless, ill-bred, impertinent, impolite,
impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indelicate, indifferent,
indiscreet, indiscriminate, indiscriminative, inept, injudicious,
insensitive, insouciant, lazy, loutish, louty, maladroit, nasty,
nonjudgmental, oblivious, offensive, offhand, perfunctory,
promiscuous, reckless, regardless, respectless, rough, rude,
thoughtless, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncritical,
uncriticizing, undemanding, undifferentiating, undiplomatic,
undiscreet, undiscriminating, undiscriminative, unexacting,
unfastidious, unfeminine, ungenteel, ungentle, ungentlemanly,
unheedful, unheeding, unladylike, unmeticulous, unmindful,
unparticular, unrefined, unselective, unsolicitous,
unsophisticated, unsubtle, untactful, unthinking, unwise, vulgar,
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