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So unstoppable was his passion that it overwhelmed the management confusion in the Yankee organization created by his frequent top-level changes and untactful communications.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2010

But thoughtless, untactful employers resulted in employes with ambitions thwarted and stunted.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seemed untactful to ask what the secret police were doing in a library.

From Time Magazine Archive

A young man of brutal honesty and impeccable integrity, Bobby frequently antagonizes politicians with his blunt opinions and untactful tactics.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Now that's very untactful of you, Miss Sylvia," objected John.

From The Opened Shutters by Burnham, Clara Louise