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Tactless synonyms

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discourteous
Impolite; lacking consideration for others
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  1. Impolite; lacking consideration for others
  2. Exhibiting no courtesy; rude.
  3. Not courteous; impolite; rude; ill-mannered
undiplomatic
Not tactful or diplomatic.
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  1. Not tactful or diplomatic.
  2. Lacking sensitivity or the skill of dealing with others
insensitive
Not physically sensitive; numb.
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  1. Not physically sensitive; numb.
  2. Having or showing a lack of concern for the feelings of others; tactless
  3. Not sensitive; esp., incapable of being impressed, influenced, or affected; having little or no reaction (to)
inconsiderate
Thoughtless of others; displaying a lack of consideration:
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  1. Thoughtless of others; displaying a lack of consideration:
  2. (Archaic) Not well considered or carefully thought out; ill-advised:
  3. Without thought or consideration for others; thoughtless; heedless
impolitic
Not politic; unwise; injudicious; inexpedient
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  1. Not politic; unwise; injudicious; inexpedient
  2. Not in accordance with good policy; unwise, inexpedient; unadvisable.
  3. Not wise or expedient; not politic:
rash
Characterized by too great haste or recklessness
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  1. Characterized by too great haste or recklessness
  2. Resulting from or acting with ill-considered haste or boldness.
  3. (Obs.) Bringing quick results
hasty
Acting with too much speed or haste; hurried:
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  1. Acting with too much speed or haste; hurried:
  2. Showing irritation or impatience
  3. Done or made too quickly and with too little thought; rash; impetuous
awkward
Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing
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  1. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing
  2. Difficult to effect; uncomfortable:
  3. Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort:
gauche
Lacking grace or social polish; awkward or tactless.
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  1. Lacking grace or social polish; awkward or tactless.
clumsy
Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
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  1. Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
  2. Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety
  3. Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
imprudent
Unwise or indiscreet; not prudent.
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  1. Unwise or indiscreet; not prudent.
  2. Not prudent; without thought of the consequences; lacking in judgment or caution; rash; indiscreet
rude
Crude, unfinished, or made with limited skill:
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  1. Crude, unfinished, or made with limited skill:
  2. Crude or rough in form or workmanship
  3. Rough, violent, or harsh
rough
Regarded as being risky, dangerous, offensive, etc., often as a result of lacking in conventional social controls
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  1. Regarded as being risky, dangerous, offensive, etc., often as a result of lacking in conventional social controls
  2. Not perfected, completed, or fully detailed:
  3. Lacking polish or finesse:
crude
Undisguised or unadorned; plain:
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  1. Undisguised or unadorned; plain:
  2. In a raw or natural condition, before being prepared for use; not refined or processed
  3. Lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive:
boorish
Like or characteristic of a boor; rude; awkward; ill-mannered
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  1. Like or characteristic of a boor; rude; awkward; ill-mannered
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a boor; rude and clumsy in behavior.
  3. Behaving as a boor; rough in manners; rude; uncultured.
unpolished
Not refined in manners; uncivilized; rude; plain.
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  1. Not refined in manners; uncivilized; rude; plain.
  2. Not elaborated, perfected, or completed:
  3. Lacking good manners, culture, or refinement.
gruff
Having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
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  1. Having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
  2. Brusque or stern in manner or appearance:
  3. Rough or surly in manner or speech; brusquely rude
uncivil
(Archaic) Uncivilized.
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  1. (Archaic) Uncivilized.
  2. Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
  3. Discourteous; rude:
vulgar
Offensively excessive in self-display or expenditure; ostentatious:
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  1. Offensively excessive in self-display or expenditure; ostentatious:
  2. Of, characteristic of, belonging to, or common to the great mass of people in general; common; popular
  3. Characterized by a lack of culture, refinement, taste, restraint, sensitivity, etc.; coarse; crude; boorish
brash
Brittle:
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  1. Brittle:
  2. Hasty or unrestrained without regard for consequences:
  3. Arresting, pronounced, or ostentatious:
clumsy
Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
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  1. Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
  2. Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  3. Gauche; inept:
gauche
Lacking grace or social polish; awkward or tactless.
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  1. Lacking grace or social polish; awkward or tactless.
impolitic
Not politic; unwise; injudicious; inexpedient
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  1. Not politic; unwise; injudicious; inexpedient
  2. Not in accordance with good policy; unwise, inexpedient; unadvisable.
  3. Not wise or expedient; not politic:
indelicate
Slightly at odds with established standards of propriety; somewhat improper, offensive, or coarse:
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  1. Slightly at odds with established standards of propriety; somewhat improper, offensive, or coarse:
  2. Lacking in consideration for the feelings of others; tactless.
  3. Not delicate; coarse; crude; rough; esp., lacking, or offensive to, propriety or modesty; gross
maladroit
Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept.
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  1. Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept.
  2. Inept; clumsy; awkward; not adroit
undiplomatic
Not tactful or diplomatic.
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  1. Not tactful or diplomatic.
  2. Lacking sensitivity or the skill of dealing with others
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  • competent to maintain itself, even when Richards ministers were tactless and his brother treacherous.

  • Formerly in Anna Pavlovna's presence, Pierre had always felt that what he was saying was out of place, tactless and unsuitable, that remarks which seemed to him clever while they formed in his mind became foolish as soon as he uttered them, while on the contrary Hippolyte's stupidest remarks came out clever and apt.

  • Some cryptic correspondence with the pope, whether actually by James or by Elphinstone, one of his ministers, came apparently to the knowledge of the English court; his secret relations with the earl of Essex were, if not known, suspected; the young earl of Gowrie, returned from a residence on the continent, was too effusively welcomed by Elizabeth in May 1600; and James made a tactless speech when asking parliament for money towards his " honourable entering to the crown of England after the death of the queen."

  • Soon after this event he came forward as a Roman Catholic, and he advised the new king with regard to affairs in Oxford, being partly responsible for the tactless conduct of James in forcing a quarrel with the fellows of Magdalen College.

  • Here he repaired the fabric and changed the position of the communion table, a matter which aroused great religious controversy, from the centre of the choir to the east end, by a characteristic tactless exercise of power offending the bishop, who henceforth refused to enter the cathedral.

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