English
Etymology
From tact + -less.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtæktləs/
- Rhymes: -æktləs
Adjective
tactless (comparative more tactless, superlative most tactless)
- having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings
It was tactless of you not to attend your sister's wedding.
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Translations
without tact
- Catalan: indiscret
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 不知分寸的 (bùzhīfēncùn de)
- Czech: netaktní
- Danish: taktløs
- Dutch: tactloos (nl)
- Finnish: tahditon (fi)
- German: taktlos (de)
- Hungarian: tapintatlan (hu)
- Ingrian: nenätöin
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: taktløs
- Portuguese: seco (pt)
- Russian: нетакти́чный (ru) (netaktíčnyj), беста́ктный (ru) (bestáktnyj)
- Spanish: indiscreto (es), poco delicado, desatinado (es), falto de tacto, poco diplomático, sin gracia, de poco tacto, con poco tacto, tener poco tacto (verb), sin tacto, sin mucho tacto, no tener mucho tacto (verb)
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