Impertinence meaning

ĭm-pûrtn-əns
The definition of impertinence is disrespect, rudeness or intrusion.

When you interrupt your boss when he is talking to you, this is an example of impertinence.

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The quality or condition of being impertinent, especially:
  • Insolence.
  • Irrelevance.
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An impertinent act or statement.
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The quality or fact of being impertinent.
  • Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
  • Insolence; impudence.
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An impertinent act, remark, etc.
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(uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
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(countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
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(uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
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Origin of impertinence

  • Fr

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • French impertinence

    From Wiktionary

Impertinence Sentence Examples

  • The touch of some hands is an impertinence.

  • Where history has the impertinence to locate a fine piece in the provinces, no expense may be spared getting it to London.

  • For a non-professional operator to offer a medical opinion on a radiogram is sheer impertinence " Arthur and Muir (1909) v-vi.

  • Not even The Times correspondent, or anyone else, could recall such impertinence.

  • His refusal to accept a salary, either as commander-in-chief or as president, might have been taken as affectation or impertinence in any one else; it seemed natural and proper enough in the case of Washington, but it was his peculiar privilege.

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