Qualities

Synonyms for tactless

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampQualities

revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

It was tactless to mention his divorce at the party.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

inept

Same sentence, swapped: It was inept to mention his divorce at the party.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for tactless as it is used in the sentence above.

indiscriminate
flippant
easygoing

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