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untactful
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tactless |
| Synonyms: | awkward, blundering, boorish, brash, bungling, clumsy, crude, discourteous, gauche, gruff, harsh, hasty, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indelicate, indiscreet, inept, injudicious, insensitive, maladroit, misunderstanding, rash, rough*, rude, sharp, stupid*, thoughtless, uncivil, unconsiderate, undiplomatic, unfeeling, unkind, unperceptive, unpolished, unpolitic, unsubtle, unsympathetic, vulgar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clumsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not agile; awkward |
| Synonyms: | all thumbs, blundering, blunderous, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, clownish, crude, elephantine, gauche, gawkish, gawky, graceless, ham-handed, heavy, heavy-handed, helpless, hulking, ill-shaped, incompetent, inelegant, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, maladroit, oafish, ponderous, splay, stumbling, unable, unadept, uncoordinated, uncouth, undexterous, uneasy, ungainly, unhandy, unskillful, untactful, untalented, untoward, unwieldy, weedy |
| Antonyms: | adroit, agile, athletic, clever, coordinated, couth, dexterous, expert, graceful |
| Main Entry: | indelicate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | base, brash, brutish, callow, coarse, crude, earthy, embarrassing, immodest, improper, indecent, indecorous, lewd, low, lowbred, off-color, offensive, outrageous, risqué, rude, suggestive, tasteless, unbecoming, unblushing, uncouth, unseemly, untactful, untoward |
| Antonyms: | decent, delicate, inoffensive, nice, pure |
| Main Entry: | maladroit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tactless |
| Synonyms: | brash, gauche, impolitic, inconsiderate, inelegant, insensitive, thoughtless, undiplomatic, untactful, untoward |
| Notes: | maladroit means clumsy or awkward or unskillful or inept; malapropos means unseasonable or unsuitable or inappropriate |
| Antonyms: | diplomatic, nice, sensitive, tactful |
| Main Entry: | tactless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unthinking, careless |
| Synonyms: | awkward, blundering, boorish, brash, bungling, clumsy, crude, discourteous, gauche, gruff, harsh, hasty, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indelicate, indiscreet, inept, injudicious, insensitive, maladroit, misunderstanding, rash, rough, rude, sharp, stupid, thoughtless, uncivil, unconsiderate, undiplomatic, unfeeling, unkind, unperceptive, unpolished, unsubtle, unsympathetic, untactful, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | careful, discreet, tactful, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | unthinking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless |
| Synonyms: | blundering, brutish, feckless, foolish, heedless, impulsive, inadvertent, inconsiderate, indelicate, insensitive, instinctive, mechanical, napping, negligent, oblivious, outrageous, rash, rude, selfish, senseless, tactless, thoughtless, uncaring, unconscious, undiplomatic, unheeding, unintended, unmeant, unmindful, unpremeditated, unreasoning, untactful, unwise, vacant, witless |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | undiplomatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tactless |
| Synonyms: | awkward, blundering, boorish, brash, bungling, clumsy, crude, discourteous, gauche, gruff, harsh, hasty, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indelicate, indiscreet, inept, injudicious, insensitive, maladroit, misunderstanding, rash, rough*, rude, sharp, stupid*, thoughtless, uncivil, unconsiderate, unfeeling, unkind, unperceptive, unpolished, unpolitic, unsubtle, unsympathetic, untactful, vulgar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unpolitic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tactless |
| Synonyms: | awkward, blundering, boorish, brash, bungling, clumsy, crude, discourteous, gauche, gruff, harsh, hasty, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indelicate, indiscreet, inept, injudicious, insensitive, maladroit, misunderstanding, rash, rough*, rude, sharp, stupid*, thoughtless, uncivil, unconsiderate, undiplomatic, unfeeling, unkind, unperceptive, unpolished, unsubtle, unsympathetic, untactful, vulgar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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