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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
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Foreign audiences generally perceived the new diplomatic style as impolite and tactless.Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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So maybe use the feelings aroused by your sister-in-law’s thoughtless, certainly injudicious, possibly naughty remark as an opportunity to rise above.James Parker, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2024
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Political disputes have sundered families ‒ some siblings are no longer talking ‒ and heartless or thoughtless social media posts can bring people to tears.Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
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To have remained stone silent was ungracious.Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 31 May 2022
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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
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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
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That would be too gauche, too legislative for the court.Matt Ford, The New Republic, 19 May 2022
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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
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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
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Without saying a word, Lesa became both tacky and inconsiderate.Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
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Yes, the water bottles prove how slap dash and inconsiderate the season and episode was.WIRED Staff, WIRED, 20 May 2019
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“Untactful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untactful. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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