tactless

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This is bad, tactless writing period, not just a poor fit for HN.

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Quick take

lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age"

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adjective

lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age"

adjective

revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tactless.

adjective

lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age"

adjective

revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"

Example sentences

This is bad, tactless writing period, not just a poor fit for HN.

These criticisms were not the productive kind, and were tactless and mean.

Limbaugh makes millions off of being a small-minded tactless jerk.

Since when were the words honest and tactless synonymous?

RMS is uncompromising to the point of being tactless.

I hate to rock the bandwagon, but this will accomplish nothing and it's pretty tactless.

"Still gets the point across without being vulgar, tactless, or ego-stroking.

I can see how some find his statement tactless, but I'm not offended by it because Jobs was not an important person in my life.

It's a lot harder than just being a tactless dick, which is of course the default that everyone thinks of when they think of "complete honesty with no filter".

When speaking publicly, RMS is often tactless, offensive, and socially inept.

In some ways it's almost brave to be so consistent, even when you'll be vilified for it; but to say things like this, especially so soon, is quite tactless.

Grellas' argument doesn't sit right with me either, but I disagree that his argument was tactless or intended to derail anything.

It might sound tactless because it breaks down the illusion of moral superiority that most sides in a political battle believe they have.

Stallman is admittedly rather tactless, particularly in his recent comment about Jobs.

Note that this does not begin, "Here's the the assholes, the heartless, the tactless, the people who think they are above the rest of humankind, who always know better than everyone else, who must teach us how to think.

Much like brlewis said in his response to the GP, no one said that RMS can't say what he thinks: he will not be hauled away to labor camp for saying it. However, the other topic of this discussion is that the rest of the community has the freedom to pass judgment on tactless people like RMS, which is exactly what's happening.

> Since grellas' post was an argument about question #1, I hope people are able to recognize that and tailor their responses to the argument he is actually making, in the spirit of "colleagues trying to reason out the truth together".I think grellas comment was tactless.