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impertinent

im'pә:tinәnt9 senses · 185 ms
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adj/ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt//ɪmˈpɝ.tɪ.nənt//ɪmˈpɝt.nənt/
  1. 1

    Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.

    • “Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart
  2. 2

    Not pertaining or related to (something or someone); Irrelevant or useless.archaic

    • Curious speculations, and the contemplation of things that are impertinent to us, and do not concern us, nor serve to promote our happiness, are but a more specious and ingenious sort of idleness
    • How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
noun/ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt//ɪmˈpɝ.tɪ.nənt//ɪmˈpɝt.nənt/
  1. 1

    An impertinent individual.

    • Get near fat Mr. Dutton, and behind the screen of his prodigious elbow, you will be comfortably recessed from curious impertinents.

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