Definition of Tactlessness

1. Noun. The quality of lacking tact.

Generic synonyms: Inconsiderateness, Inconsideration, Thoughtlessness
Antonyms: Tactfulness
Derivative terms: Tactless, Tactless

Definition of Tactlessness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being tactless. ¹

2. Noun. The result or product of being tactless. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tactlessness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tactlessness

tactile image
tactile meniscus
tactile organ
tactile property
tactile sensation
tactile sense
tactilely
tactilities
tactility
taction
tactions
tactism
tactisms
tactless
tactlessly
tactlessness (current term)
tactlessnesses
tactometer
tactometers
tactor
tacts
tactual
tactual exploration
tactual sensation
tactuall
tactually
tadago-pie
tadago-pies
tadalafil
taddie

Literary usage of Tactlessness

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

1. Julie de Lespinasse by Pierre Marie Maurice Henri Ségur (1907)
"... tactlessness—His mysterious absence—Irritation of Julie and first threats of a rupture between them—Secret interview of Guibert with Madame de ..."

2. Forty Years of Diplomacy by Roman Romanovich Rosen (1922)
"... present King of the Belgians, to Duchess Elizabeth of Bavaria—Unpopularity of Kaiser William—His tactlessness—Appointed Minister to Greece. ..."

3. Modern Argentina, the El Dorado of To-day: With Notes on Uruguay and Chile by William Henry Koebel (1907)
"A First Impression—Relations with Argentines—In the Town—In the Camp—Some Instances of tactlessness—The Influence of Argentina upon the English—Lost ..."

4. The Higher Aspect of Nursing by Gertrude Harding (1919)
"CHAPTER XIII tactlessness There is, perhaps, no temptation in human life so unconsciously and innocently yielded to by women as that of tactlessness. ..."

5. Civic Lessons from Mayor Mitchel's Defeat: Why Every Democratically Governed by Eda Amberg, William Harvey Allen (1921)
"Minor Reason VI "No Little tactlessness" "No little tactlessness" was the second of ten reasons given ten clays before election by the editor of the Evening ..."

6. Miscellanies: Literary & Historical by Archibald Philip Primrose Rosebery (1921)
"His pertinacity and tactlessness were sometimes intolerable ; but his pertinacity was a compliment, and his tactlessness would always be open to a rebuff ..."

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