tactlessness

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Noun
  • But yes, Miss Manners agrees that his rudeness justifies your ignoring his comment.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But Takaichi has taken the strongest stances, decrying the rudeness of foreign tourists and accusing them of abusing the famous deer in Nara.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The problem isn’t that my girlfriend wouldn’t get to go, but the disrespect and dishonesty of uninviting her out of the blue and trying to cover it up as being a genuine mistake.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That’s disrespect of a two-time champion.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At least seven different civilian complaints have been lodged against the sergeant, alleging excessive force, discourtesy and abuse of authority.
    Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Henderson then accused her of discourtesy and ordered her transferred to the 73rd Precinct then back to the 79th Precinct in one day.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
Noun
  • But cuteness alone doesn’t explain why so many of us still have a childhood bear tucked away in a closet—or why losing one can feel like a small emotional crisis.
    Marisa McMillan, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Players select their favorite animal paw and then decide how each one measures up on the cuteness scale.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Checkmate has done lots of covert ops spy nonsense in comics throughout the years, and notable works with Batman on occasion.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The new Tron sequel steps outside of cyberspace but won’t leave the sci-fi nonsense behind.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tender Buttons is a celebration of mutability, a rejoinder to rules, where words are set free from the shackles of meaning and grammatical function, made unfamiliar, and charged with power to make the world afresh.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Mazrui noted, in a rejoinder to the rejoinders, that many of the most fervent letters did not seem to come from Ghana.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His audacity and her rashness might surprise some.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • It will be measured in the vigor of his curiosity, the depth of his attention, and the audacity of his explorations.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Against Benfica, his movement off the ball and passing were more promising — but his dribbling falls well below Palmer’s standard and, as with Fernandez, his attacking actions lack the same boldness.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The pieces extending the collection kept spotlighting the boldness of gold and playing with talismans centered on key themes of the brand, such as the evil eye symbol abounding on necklaces and minimal earrings and rings nodding to the shape of the snake.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Tactlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tactlessness. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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