| 单词 | tactless |
| 释义 | tactless (once / 9618 pages) adj To be tactless is to either be rude (without manners) or inept (without finesse). Either way, it's awkward. Since people with tact are polite and respectful, tactless people are the opposite: rude and ill-mannered. Interrupting is tactless. Wearing a baseball hat in church is tactless. Not holding the door for someone is tactless. This word has to do with other graces besides social graces too. Being clumsy or lacking in judgment can also be called tactless, and an employee who constantly botches his job and never understands why is also tactless. WORD FAMILYtactless: tactlessly, tactlessness+/tact: tactful, tactless, tacts/tactful: tactfulest, tactfully, tactfulness, untactful/untactful: untactfully USAGE EXAMPLESThey were voting for the resonant message of the tactless billionaire tycoon which was pure populism, unapologetic nationalism, righteous anti-Globalism, and so much more. Washington Times(Nov 18, 2016) The establishment of Pokémon Go venues in potentially tactless locations is not without precedent. Time(Aug 10, 2016) She might have flared up at such a tactless suggestion, twenty years before. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) 1adj 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|Ant untactful inconsiderate lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others inelegantlacking in refinement or grace or good taste tactful having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others considerateshowing concern for the rights and feelings of others discerning, discreetunobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic 2adj revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable Syn inept maladroit not adroit |
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