In the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a tactless remark. From Dictionary.com.
Herr Sydney here and myself, surely it was 'tactless' of them?. From Wordnik.com. [A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa] Reference
As for Biden being 'tactless', I would suggest that's why Bibi considers him a straight shooter (aka "doesn't pull his punches"). From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
It was a tactless remark and the artist made no reply. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920] Reference
"My son and your daughter," said Marius, tactless as ever. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
STARR: One analyst says the president's remarks were tactless. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2008] Reference
"Wal -- they say she's 'goin' blind again," said tactless Aunt 'Mira. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
The amiable but tactless Snavely saw a happy solution of the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
I believe, for a woman, I am quite unpardonably clumsy and tactless. '. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
If he were being purposely tactless he realised he had gone far enough. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
He did not, however, rush up to her with Alick's tactless precipitancy. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
M.P. It is this tactless way of rubbing it in which annoys so many people. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-01] Reference
Yes, I was still a bachelor -- and probably a tactless, even a brutal, one. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
She burst out in renewed weeping, and Tobas realized that he had been tactless. From Wordnik.com. [With a Single Spell]
Shelby coveted, may be most charitably described as a man of tactless integrity. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
He wished to allude to current success without tactless reminder of past failure. From Wordnik.com. [Murder Without Icing]
I could think of any number of replies to that, ranging from tactless to cutting. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
"It's a shame you didn't make the team, Judy!" sympathized one tactless sophomore. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Allen: Right Guard] Reference
"Wilt thou reproach me, Ta-user, for my son's wilfulness?" was his tactless reply. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
After that tactless remark, the four brothers-in-law began to feel envious of Raven. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Eskimo Tales] Reference
This state of affairs became known to Janet through the tactless remarks of Mark Tapkins. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
He instantly regretted the tactless but honest answer and stiffened for the expected rebuke. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
I dismissed the idea as altogether too subtle and as anyway tactless in an employed biographer. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
This suggestion was voted impossible and tactless -- at least, we didn't put it quite like that. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
Eddie knew it was tactless but he could tell she was hurting, so in the end he asked her straight. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Not quite as aggressive and opinionated as her mother, she was still far too tactless with people. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage At A Price]
This rather tactless speech made the girl suddenly look grave; but it did not quench her vivacity. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
Allard's tactless pediatrician gave her an outdated book that used the pejorative term "mongoloid.". From Wordnik.com. [New Era, New Worry] Reference
Americans know how tactless and bull-dozing some British orders -- not many to be sure -- could be. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919] Reference
"How was it they were so little in tune," she wondered, "wasting time with this tactless badinage?". From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
It was unforgivably tactless for Truary to have made mention of it, but the princess smiled serenely. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
Minister this outburst was regarded as a little tactless; its essential wisdom has been justified by the event. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917] Reference
At such times let the tactless woman and the thoughtless man beware, because everything they say will be a bore. From Wordnik.com. [From a Girl's Point of View] Reference
He did not, you know, try to behave in tactless ways that took away the rights of people to make their own decisions. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2003] Reference
But at the outset he was a tactless young man and had a good deal to learn before he was in any way competent to teach. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919.] Reference
He wondered if the Dutch government would be tactless enough to mail an invoice to some Japanese government agency in Tokyo. From Wordnik.com. [The Japanese Corpse]
It appears that that very tactless practitioner of hers had frightened her with a similar suggestion before her previous operation. From Wordnik.com. [Unnatural Death]
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