tactlessness

noun

Definition of tactlessnessnext
as in rudeness

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  1. rudeness
  2. disrespect
  3. discourtesy
  4. nonsense
  5. rejoinder
  6. audacity
  7. guff
  8. retort
Noun
  • For more info: Colonial Williamsburg Take a virtual tour COMMENTARY: Taking a kinder, gentler tone against the rudeness of politics Civility has been absent from much of this presidential campaign.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But the rudeness in question didn't occur at that event.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of rudeness
Noun
  • The praise is rarely as loud as the disrespect when Ange gets it right.
    Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Basically that poor enforcement had bred serious disrespect for the law, or at least a misunderstanding of it.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of disrespect
Noun
  • At least seven different civilian complaints have been lodged against the sergeant, alleging excessive force, discourtesy and abuse of authority.
    Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Henderson then accused her of discourtesy and ordered her transferred to the 73rd Precinct then back to the 79th Precinct in one day.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
Definition of discourtesy
Noun
  • The art world, like the artwork itself, exists in a delicate balance of elitism and absurdity, meaning and nonsense.
    Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The basic idea here is that Vince Vaughn is doing his mid-aughts-dirtbag Vince Vaughn thing but on Christmas — a premise that’s laid on a foundation of plausible-sounding nonsense.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of nonsense
Noun
  • The ban can be seen as a rejoinder to the U.S. cracking down on China's chip-making industry, as well as an escalation in trade war saber-rattling between the two countries.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Johnson’s performance, meanwhile, was a sharp rejoinder to the media attention he’s received this week.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of rejoinder
Noun
  • Some are even actually using their lunch breaks (the audacity!).
    B.D. Dalton, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But Thriller’s audacity, quality, and universal appeal revealed the height of Jones’ powers.
    Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of audacity
Noun
  • In recent years, Portland has become a byword for fashionable left-wing guff, including the notion that crime and homelessness are little more than voluntary social constructs that are better fought with kind words and substantial welfare spending than with the assiduous enforcement of the law.
    The Editors, National Review, 23 May 2024
  • No longer was the genre considered all-singing, all-dancing guff beloved by American philistines, but something of emotional and intellectual merit.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2023
Definition of guff
Noun
  • Their leadership across finance, technology, media and beyond stands as a potent retort to those who question a woman’s ability to wield power.
    Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But that hasn’t stopped Father John Misty from playfully framing it as a Lamar retort.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of retort
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