TACTLESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tactlessness mean? 

• TACTLESSNESS (noun)
  The noun TACTLESSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of lacking tact

  Familiarity information: TACTLESSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TACTLESSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of lacking tact

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("tactlessness" is a kind of...):

inconsiderateness; inconsideration; thoughtlessness (the quality of failing to be considerate of others)

Antonym:

tactfulness (consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense)

Derivation:

tactless (revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse)

tactless (lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others)

 Context examples 

The context convinces me, however, that you have sinned rather through ignorance and tactlessness than through malice, so I am content to pass the matter by.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)