impertinent
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im·per·ti·nent
(ĭm-pûr'tn-ənt) 
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adj.
- Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold: impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup.
- Not pertinent; irrelevant. See synonyms at irrelevant.
[Middle English, irrelevant, from Old French, from Late Latin impertinēns, impertinent- : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin pertinēns, pertinent; see pertinent.]
impertinently im·per'ti·nent·ly adv.Roget's Thesaurus:
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impertinent
adjective
- Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity. Slang wise1. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.
- Not relevant or pertinent to the subject; not applicable: extraneous, immaterial, inapplicable, irrelevant. Idioms: beside the point, neither here nor there. See relevant/irrelevant.
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impertinent
adj
Definition: bold, disrespectful
Antonyms: kind, mannered, nice, polite, refined, respectful
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impertinent
IN BRIEF: Given to insolent rudeness.
When griefs are genuine, I find, there is nothing more vacuous, more burdensome, or even more impertinent, than letters of consolation.
— Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694-1773), British statesman, man of letters.
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Impertinent
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - næsvis, fræk, uforskammet, impertinent, irrelevant, sagen uvedkommende
Français (French)
adj. - impertinent, insolent, (Jur) non pertinent
Deutsch (German)
adj. - unverschämt, unpassend, irrelevant
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αγενής, αναιδής, θρασύς, αυθάδης, (νομ.) άσχετος
Italiano (Italian)
impertinente, non pertinente
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - impertinente
Русский (Russian)
наглый, неуместный, нелепый
Español (Spanish)
adj. - impertinente, insolente, descarado
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - näsvis, påträngande, irrelevant, malplacerad
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
鲁莽的, 粗鲁的, 无礼的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 魯莽的, 粗魯的, 無禮的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 건방진, 적절하지 않은, 무관계한
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 生意気な, 無礼な, 適切でない, 不適当な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) خارج عن الموضوع, وقح
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - חצוף, נדחק, לא רלוונטי, אבסורד
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