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impertinent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | extraneous, immaterial, orthogonal |
mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point.
impertinent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | irreverent, pert, saucy |
| Derivation | impertinence |
Examples of impertinent
impertinent
The purpose of these impertinent propositions is supposed to be market research.
From the time.com
Castro answered impertinent questions jokingly and ate hot dogs and hamburgers.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Such impertinent heresy only earned me another round with the hickory switch.
From the newsobserver.com
At the risk of sounding impertinent, why did they tap you for their redesign?
From the businessweek.com
No company wants to answer a politician's impertinent questions in a public setting.
From the sacbee.com
They snap at her, criticise her, ask impertinent questions and ignore her.
From the guardian.co.uk
It is impertinent of the insurer to act on information that is medically insignificant.
From the nytimes.com
When you are stubborn, and impertinent, and defiant despite all the odds.
From the infowars.com
Grandma painted many of her scenes here, and impertinent chickens still strut in the yard.
From the boston.com
- Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"
- Extraneous: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
- Fresh: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"
- (impertinently) in an impudent or impertinent manner; "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently"
- (impertinence) crust: the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- (impertinence) inappropriate playfulness
- Insolent, ill-mannered; irrelevant (opposite of pertinent)
- (Impertinence) Irrelevancy; the flaw of bearing no reasonable relationship to the issues or proceeding at hand.
- (impertinence) lack of proper respect or manners.
