untactful

adjective

Definition of untactfulnext
as in tactless

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untactful
  1. tactless
  2. undiplomatic
  3. impolitic
  4. thoughtless
  5. ungracious
  6. gauche
  7. discourteous
  8. inconsiderate
Adjective
  • Your tactless or tactile uncles?
    — Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • This response rewards the tactless well-wisher.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of tactless
Adjective
  • Zelensky formally responded on Saturday in a decidedly undiplomatic post on X, subtly trashing the Polish government for revoking his award while not doing so with other historical awardees that many would object to.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026
  • Save the undiplomatic diplomats.
    — Max Boot, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of undiplomatic
Adjective
  • Even some in the opposition complained that the booing was impolitic.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Trump can make vile and impolitic statements regularly — using Hitler-ian language to describe migrants, for example, or mocking Biden for a childhood stutter.
    — S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2024
Definition of impolitic
Adjective
  • At the outset of this chatty novel, the protagonist, Caroline, who was recently ghosted by a thoughtless man, has had a story published in this magazine.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • That self-deprecating description opens Tony, writer-director Matt Johnson’s movie about the one crazy summer that changed a thoughtless young lout’s life; for good measure, the quote does double duty as the tagline on the film’s poster.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of thoughtless
Adjective
  • But the tournament will also be remembered for a classless and churlish Argentina, which forever stained itself with a thuggish performance in the game and an ungracious one afterward.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • Coaches Dawn Staley of South Carolina and Geno Auriemma of UConn had a heated courtside exchange afterward as Auriemma, in character, complained about the officiating and proved an ungracious loser, but at least apologized a day later.
    — Greg Cote April 5, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Definition of ungracious
Adjective
  • The less said about Bryan’s horrendously gauche fuchsia-and-gold dress with puffy armholes and halter neck the better.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026
  • For Germans, displays of patriotism are broadly considered gauche, owing to the enduring national guilt from World War II.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of gauche
Adjective
  • Some do this flippantly, but reader Robin suggested drivers who do this do not care and are flat-out discourteous.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 11 Jan. 2026
  • In 2014, he was found to have been discourteous and used force.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of discourteous
Adjective
  • When Venus opposes Saturn on August 21, someone’s likely going to be fed up with someone else’s inconsiderate behavior.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
  • For some workers, letting AI write a message to a coworker may seem like a harmless time-saving hack, while others view it as inconsiderate or rude.
    — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of inconsiderate
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“Untactful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untactful. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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