untactful

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untactful

(ʌnˈtæktfʊl)

adj

not tactful; tactless

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Adj.

untactful - 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"

tactless

inconsiderate - lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others; "shockingly inconsiderate behavior"

inelegant - lacking in refinement or grace or good taste

untactful

adjective

Lacking sensitivity and skill in dealing with others:

brash, clumsy, gauche, impolitic, indelicate, maladroit, tactless, undiplomatic, unpolitic.

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Even before his return to England, however, he excited a reaction, by his abundantly justified but untactful condemnation of American piracy of English books; and this reaction was confirmed by his subsequent caricature of American life in 'American Notes' and 'Martin Chuzzlewit.' For a number of years during the middle part of his career Dickens devoted a vast amount of energy to managing and taking the chief part in a company of amateur actors, who performed at times in various cities.

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"I have been that overweight young person who had that conversation with a teacher and the way the teacher handled it was very untactful and a very vulnerable part of my life," she said.

Moves to tackle weight issues in children praised

Similarly, the same trend for the "Anxious," "Hypersensitive," "Rigid," and "Untactful" personality traits was reported [35].

Investigating the Evidence of Behavioral, Cognitive, and Psychiatric Endophenotypes in Autism: A Systematic Review

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