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Definition of Tactless

1. Adjective. 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"

2. Adjective. Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse. "It was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"

Definition of Tactless

1. a. Destitute of tact.

Definition of Tactless

1. Adjective. having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tactless

1. lacking tact [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tactless

tactile hallucination tactile hyperesthesia tactile image tactile meniscus tactile organ tactile property tactile sensation tactile sense tactilely tactilities

tactility taction tactions tactism tactisms tactless (current term) tactlessly tactlessness tactlessnesses tactometer

tactometers tactor tacts tactual tactual exploration tactual sensation tactuall tactually tadago-pie tadago-pies

Literary usage of Tactless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the United States Since the Civil War by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1917)
"4 The displeasure of the radicals was increased in the summer by the tactless courses of some of Johnson's Southern ..."

2. A History of the United States Since the Civil War by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1917)
"4 The displeasure of the radicals was increased in the summer by the tactless courses of some of Johnson's Southern governors. BF Perry of South Carolina ..."

3. The Russian Court in the Eighteenth Century by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy (1906)
"CHAPTER V Catherine's intrigue with Poniatowski—He is ordered to quit Russia—The tactless conduct of an Italian greyhound— The Pole leaves and returns to ..."

4. The Characters of Theophrastus by Theophrastus (1902)
"v The tactless Man tactlessNESS is the faculty of hitting a moment that is ... The tactless man is the sort of person who selects a man's busy hour to go ..."

5. The Characters of Theophrastus by Theophrastus (1902)
"The tactless man is the sort of person who selects a man's busy hour to go and confer with him. He serenades his sweetheart when she has a fever. ..."

6. China by Harold Edward Gorst (1899)
"... effected by Fraud—tactless Attitude towards Native Customs—Chinese Experience of Nations professing Christianity—Thu Political Interference of the ..."

7. China by Harold Edward Gorst (1899)
"... Introduction effected by Fraud—tactless Attitude towards Native Customs—Chinese Experience of Nations professing Christianity—The Political Interference ..."

8. Doctor Claudius: A True Story by Francis Marion Crawford (1883)
"Had he been as tactless as she had at first thought, he would surely have sought an early opportunity of speaking to her alone, and the rest of the party ..."

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