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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Lacking or exhibiting a lack of tact; bluntly inconsiderate or indiscreet.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Destitute of tact; characterized by want of tact.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Destitute of tact.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
  • adjective revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

Etymologies

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tact +‎ -less

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