Definition of Impertinent
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
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
That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.
Jacob Bronowski
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
One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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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