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 Translation for 'tactless' from English to French
ADJ   tactless | more tactless | most tactless
SYNO inept | tactless | untactful
dépourvu de tact {adj}tactless
indélicat {adj} [impoli]tactless
maladroit {adj} [sans tact]tactless
être dépourvu de tactto be tactless
s'exprimer maladroitementto be tactless
maladroit {m} [gaffeur]tactless person
maladroite {f} [gaffeuse]tactless person [female]
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Usage Examples English
  • She had been beautiful when young, but her manners struck the Court as loud and tactless.
  • 2010 saw Phiiliip recording folk cover albums as Jenkins (a tactless uncensored Phiiliip parody character off-the-books credited to Hunter Parrish).
  • Though controversial, the diminutive O'Kelly was widely seen as genuine and honest, albeit tactless.
  • A parody of British television personalities, Partridge is a tactless and inept broadcaster with an inflated sense of celebrity.
  • Bladen quickly became an unpopular Governor and was dismissed from office by October 1746 because he was "tactless and quarrelsome".

  • The chief constable later admitted that the treatment of Mr McKay was tactless and apologised to the editor of "Scotland on Sunday".
  • The Daewongun's reforms were not very successful, as some scholars say he was "too high-handed and tactless".
  • Haig's diary does record that Robertson was hard to work with as he was not "a gentleman", and he wrote to his wife (30 May 1917) that he was "tactless" for wanting to come out to France during Messines "all for his own advertisement".
  • His dismissal was welcomed by sections of the Perth press, to whom Gribble was a defiant, tactless, prying, boastful interloper.
  • The story then follows how the dysfunctional family, including Rebecca (who feels invisible), Eddie and Nicola (who are coping with their own relationship problems) and tactless grandad Maurice cope with Joe's situation and their own apparent social disorders.

  • Later, Viking Line announced that the reason for the interruption had been Virtanen's derogatory and tactless comments about the other passengers.
  • Spender was regarded as arrogant and tactless, and he had a difficult relationship with his brother, Stephen.
  • A Gilda Radner character offering brash, tactless opinions on Weekend Update.
  • Amongst other witnesses to Victor's wrath are tactless family friend Jean Warboys and next-door neighbours Patrick (Victor's nemesis) and Pippa Trench.
  • Drawn into the long legal struggle between Richard Bentley and the fellowship of Trinity College, Cambridge, he became a chief opponent and spent a short time in prison for a tactless court appearance.

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