untactful

Example Sentences

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So unstoppable was his passion that it overwhelmed the management confusion in the Yankee organization created by his frequent top-level changes and untactful communications.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2010

A young man of brutal honesty and impeccable integrity, Bobby frequently antagonizes politicians with his blunt opinions and untactful tactics.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seemed untactful to ask what the secret police were doing in a library.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chang has a reputation among Westerners he has met for being opinionated and untactful while displaying an intellectually sharp cutting edge.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the second year ill-luck had raised to the post of honor Ivy Chatterton, a clever but most untactful girl, whose quick temper had brought her into constant collision with her prefects.

From The Luckiest Girl in the School by Brazil, Angela