"tactless" meaning in English

See tactless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtæktləs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tactless.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more tactless [comparative], most tactless [superlative]
Rhymes: -æktləs Etymology: tact + -less Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=touch}}, {{suffix|en|tact|less}} tact + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} tactless (comparative more tactless, superlative most tactless)
  1. having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: untactful Related terms: tact Translations (without tact): indiscret (Catalan), netaktní (Czech), taktløs (Danish), tactloos (Dutch), tahditon (Finnish), taktlos (German), tapintatlan (Hungarian), nenätöin (Ingrian), taktløs (Norwegian Bokmål), seco (Portuguese), нетакти́чный (netaktíčnyj) (Russian), беста́ктный (bestáktnyj) (Russian), indiscreto (Spanish), poco delicado (Spanish), desatinado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tactless-en-adj-lpGrxT3m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

Download JSON data for tactless meaning in English (3.2kB)

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tactful"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*teh₂g-",
        "id": "touch"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tact",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "tact + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "tact + -less",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more tactless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most tactless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tactless (comparative more tactless, superlative most tactless)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -less",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "en:Personality",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was tactless of you not to attend your sister's wedding."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings"
      ],
      "id": "en-tactless-en-adj-lpGrxT3m",
      "links": [
        [
          "tact",
          "tact"
        ],
        [
          "inconsiderate",
          "inconsiderate"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "tact"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "untactful"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "indiscret"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "netaktní"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "taktløs"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "tactloos"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "tahditon"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "taktlos"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "tapintatlan"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "nenätöin"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "taktløs"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "seco"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "netaktíčnyj",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "нетакти́чный"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bestáktnyj",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "беста́ктный"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "indiscreto"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "poco delicado"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "without tact",
          "word": "desatinado"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtæktləs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æktləs"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tactless.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tactless.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tactless.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tactless.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tactless.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tactless"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tactful"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*teh₂g-",
        "id": "touch"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tact",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "tact + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "tact + -less",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more tactless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most tactless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tactless (comparative more tactless, superlative most tactless)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tact"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teh₂g- (touch)",
        "English terms suffixed with -less",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "Rhymes:English/æktləs",
        "Rhymes:English/æktləs/2 syllables",
        "en:Personality"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was tactless of you not to attend your sister's wedding."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tact",
          "tact"
        ],
        [
          "inconsiderate",
          "inconsiderate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtæktləs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æktləs"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tactless.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tactless.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tactless.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tactless.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tactless.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "untactful"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "indiscret"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "netaktní"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "taktløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "tactloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "tahditon"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "taktlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "tapintatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "nenätöin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "taktløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "seco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "netaktíčnyj",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "нетакти́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bestáktnyj",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "беста́ктный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "indiscreto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "poco delicado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without tact",
      "word": "desatinado"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tactless"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.