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tactless

US/ˈtæktləs/

tactless adjective: having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings.

Adjective

tactless (comparative more tactless, superlative most tactless)

  1. having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings
    • It was tactless of you not to attend your sister's wedding.
    Synonyms:
    untactful

tactless meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

tactless in Tamil

உத்தி குறைந்த, யற்ற, திறனற்ற

tactless in Urdu

بیکار, بےتکا, نکما

tactless in Malayalam

inconsiderate, insensitive, thoughtless
നയരഹിതമായ, നയമില്ലാത്ത, വികാരശൂന്യമായ, അന്യരുടെ വികാരങ്ങൾ മാനിക്കാത്ത, വീണ്ടുവിചാരമില്ലാത്ത, ചിന്താശൂന്യമായ

tactless in Kannada

ಬಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯದ

Synonyms of tactless

Antonyms

Forms of tactless

comparativemore tactless
superlativemost tactless

Origin of tactless

From tact + -less.

Words formed from tactless

Words that rhyme with tactless

Questions about tactless

What does tactless mean?
Tactless means having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings.
What is tactless in Tamil?
Tactless in Tamil is உத்தி குறைந்த, யற்ற, திறனற்ற. See Tactless meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tactless?
Tactless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tactless?
Tactless is pronounced /ˈtæktləs/ (US).

Words near tactless in the dictionary

  1. tactitic
  2. tactition
  3. tactive
  4. tactleneck
  5. tactlenecks
  6. tactless
  7. tactlessly
  8. tactlessness
  9. tactlessnesses
  10. tactoid
  11. tactoidal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tactless (page history and authors); tactless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tactless (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tactless (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); tactless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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