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Awkward or lacking social tact.

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gauche

Interrupting the speaker to check the time seemed gauche.
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A visitor's loud complaint about the poet's quiet voice was gauche, especially while everyone else was trying to resolve the technical problem.
From Different Ways to Enter a Room.
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