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
  • The interviews were jocular, an approach that seemed tactless, given the film’s subject matter.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Definition of tactless
Adjective
  • His undiplomatic talk in recent days of reclaiming the Panama Canal — and annexing Greenland and even Canada — have left world leaders scrambling to respond.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
  • 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
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
  • Donald Trump engages in sort of thoughtless insane tariff policy that ends up in prices going up, but jobs not being created in the United States.
    NBC News, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Cash is also seen as thoughtless and low-effort, says Julian Givi, associate professor of marketing at West Virginia University.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of thoughtless
Adjective
  • And your only question is how to deal with an ungracious host?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • To have remained stone silent was ungracious.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 31 May 2022
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
  • The main point is to avoid being discourteous of the people behind us by letting the door close in their respective faces.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Definition of discourteous
Adjective
  • Not showing up to an event on time is rude in general, but doing so at a wedding is especially inconsiderate because of how meaningful the big day is.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • One day without inconsiderate people making everyone miserable and making others regret their decision to keep the peace.
    Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of inconsiderate
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