Tom is tactless.
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Tactless
//ˈtæktləs//
Synonyms for "tactless" (105 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 14 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- taktloos adj (without tact)
Catalan
1 entries- indiscret adj (without tact)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不知分寸的 adj (without tact)
Czech
1 entries- netaktní adj (without tact)
Danish
1 entries- taktløs adj (without tact)
Dutch
1 entries- tactloos adj (without tact)
Finnish
1 entries- tahditon adj (without tact)
German
1 entries- taktlos adj (without tact)
Hungarian
1 entries- tapintatlan adj (without tact)
Ingrian
1 entries- nenätöin adj (without tact)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- taktløs adj (without tact)
Portuguese
1 entries- seco adj (without tact)
Russian
2 entries- беста́ктный adj (without tact)
- нетакти́чный adj (without tact)
Spanish
4 entries- con poco tacto adj (without tact)
- de poco tacto adj (without tact)
- desatinado adj (without tact)
- falto de tacto adj (without tact)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom's remark was tactless and insensitive.
Source: tatoeba (3369070)
Mr. Hungerton, her father, really was the most tactless person upon earth—a fluffy, feathery, untidy cockatoo of a man, perfectly good-natured, but absolutely centred upon his own silly self.
Source: tatoeba (6621992)
Her father really was the most tactless person upon the Earth.
Source: tatoeba (6621994)
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