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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untactful
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On the dark side, Mercury in Sagittarius can be overly blunt and tactless in communication.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025 -
Rian Johnson’s intricate script thrived on detailed dissections of its rich and awful suspects, including plenty of pointed jabs at Hudson’s oblivious model and tactless brand ambassador — two titles Hudson herself has held.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2025
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Those seven words about the sordid reality TV franchise were really all Bill Maher had to say tonight on HBO’s Real Time of the Oval Office shouting match Friday after showing footage of the very undiplomatic exchange.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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What alarms European officials is not just their exclusion from these talks, but also the undiplomatic way the United States has deprioritized European security.—
Dominique Soguel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article In many ways, the selection of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as former President Donald Trump’s running mate is odd and seemingly impolitic.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
16 July 2024
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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
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As has happened so often with the Trump White House’s thoughtless policy decisions, this one was reversed a day later.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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Others might tear mercilessly into someone though the criticism is based principally on thoughtless emotional baggage and has no true bearing on the matter at hand.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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And your only question is how to deal with an ungracious host?—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2025
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To have remained stone silent was ungracious.—
Abigail Van Buren,
oregonlive,
31 May 2022
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The reason is very simple—the Noto palazzo was very gauche and fit for the party later in the season, to be thrown by Hollander’s character.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Dec. 2022
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That would be too gauche, too legislative for the court.—
Matt Ford,
The New Republic,
19 May 2022
Adjective
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The main point is to avoid being discourteous of the people behind us by letting the door close in their respective faces.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2025
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Repetitive verbal abuse, exploitation, name-calling, physical bullying, and other mean behaviors that repeatedly demean players are not only discourteous and wrong, but also will eventually take a heavy toll on them.—
Amy Morin,
Parents,
25 July 2024
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Some guests view child-free policies as inconsiderate, while others see them as a practical choice to maintain a certain atmosphere.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Is there a polite way to handle this but still get the point across that their behavior is weird and inconsiderate?—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Untactful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untactful. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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