impertinent

CEFRC1

/ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Rude or not showing respect.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    An impertinent individual.

Examples

  • It was impertinent of you to behave like that.

  • He was impertinent to his father.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

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

  2. Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.

More examples

In context

  • 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

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

  • How impertinent that grief was which served no end!

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Origin

adjective

Inherited from Middle English impertinent, from Middle French impertinent, from Old French impertinent, from Latin impertinēns; by surface analysis, im- + pertinent.