made a tactless remark about how the woman's dress had that “homemade” look
Recent Examples on the WebBut until that time, Thomas embodies a no-nonsense journalistic furor — if an occasionally tactless one, given the risks — over the state’s control over information, and over their visit.—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 May 2024 Second, its tactless characters provided a useful moral compass.—Karla Miller, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024 Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis create an effortless synergy while their higher-ups — played by Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, and Colin Farrell — steal the show by acting out the tactless, HR nightmares that come back to haunt them.—James Mercadante and Kelsie Calderon, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2023 The comment is more than a little tactless, considering Jackie was only taken in by the Walters after losing her entire family in a car accident.—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023 By the time the new season began, his divorce was the talk of the office, and the OC agents couldn’t help but wonder what part Tyler’s tactless interactions with his colleagues played in the breakup.—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 14 Sep. 2023 Nearly seventy years later Ridley isn’t quite tactless or tasteless, but she’s untrammeled by any restraints.—Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2021 Winslet, though, has stuck through it, despite the cruel media, the bad reviews, the uninspiring scripts, the tactless journalists.—Jeva Lange, The Week, 26 May 2021 Concerned members posted comments with questions, some demanding an explanation for what was largely seen as a tactless message.—Outside Online, 15 Dec. 2020
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