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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others;
- Example: "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age"
[syn: tactless, untactful]

2. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse;
- Example: "an inept remark"
- Example: "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"
[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]