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Impertinent describes someone or something who is rude, disrespectful or does or says something that does not relate to the current conversation. (adjective)

An example of impertinent behavior is interrupting when someone else is talking.
An example of impertinent is the mention of how much a person earns when a group is discussing the next steps of a project.

See impertinent in Webster's New World College Dictionary