untactful

adjective

Definition of untactfulnext
as in tactless

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untactful
  1. tactless
  2. undiplomatic
  3. impolitic
  4. thoughtless
  5. ungracious
  6. gauche
  7. discourteous
  8. inconsiderate
Adjective
  • That’s one of several reasons so many people battle Seasonal Affective Disorder—often shortened to the slightly tactless acronym SAD—in the winter, a recurrent form of depression that comes on during the colder, darker months.
    Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 15 July 2024
  • Foreign audiences generally perceived the new diplomatic style as impolite and tactless.
    Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
Definition of tactless
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of undiplomatic
Adjective
  • Listen to this article In many ways, the selection of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as former President Donald Trump’s running mate is odd and seemingly impolitic.
    S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
  • Trump can make vile and impolitic statements regularly — using Hitler-ian language to describe migrants, for example, or mocking Biden for a childhood stutter.
    S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2024
Definition of impolitic
Adjective
  • Oz’s decision to close that sewer door could be chalked down to a terrible mistake, the thoughtless actions of a child.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The underlying message: Even someone as thoughtless as Larry is incapable of being as cruel as this legislation.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024
Definition of thoughtless
Adjective
  • To have remained stone silent was ungracious.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 31 May 2022
  • But instead of asking, Ed makes a unilateral decision, conveyed by his wife, and we are forced to comply or seem ungracious and risk offending them.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2023
Definition of ungracious
Adjective
  • The reason is very simple—the Noto palazzo was very gauche and fit for the party later in the season, to be thrown by Hollander’s character.
    Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2022
  • That would be too gauche, too legislative for the court.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 19 May 2022
Definition of gauche
Adjective
  • Repetitive verbal abuse, exploitation, name-calling, physical bullying, and other mean behaviors that repeatedly demean players are not only discourteous and wrong, but also will eventually take a heavy toll on them.
    Amy Morin, Parents, 25 July 2024
  • Santos’ actions violated the city’s Rule and Regulations of the Civil Service Board’s rule regarding discourteous treatment of any member of the public, willful disobedience, and discrediting the city, the letter stated.
    Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2024
Definition of discourteous
Adjective
  • Dropping in on someone with no warning is inconsiderate, bordering on rude.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Without saying a word, Lesa became both tacky and inconsiderate.
    Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Definition of inconsiderate
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untactful

untainted

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