Definition of Impertinent

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Impertinent

Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.

Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark.

Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.

An impertinent person.

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Impertinent Quotations

I have noticed, with much distress, the excessive wartime activity of the investigating bureaus of Congress and the administration, with their impertinent and indecent searching out of the private lives and the past political beliefs of individuals.
Wendell Willkie

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.
William Ralph Inge

I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.
John Le Carre

There are two insults no human will endure. The assertion that he has no sense of humor and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
Sinclair Lewis

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.
Jacob Bronowski

Impertinent Translations

impertinent in Dutch is brutaal, onbeschaamd, vrijpostig
impertinent in Italian is sfacciato
impertinent in Norwegian is uforskammet, nesevis
impertinent in Spanish is deslenguado, impertinente

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