impolitenessn.
/ɪmpəʊˈlʌɪtnɪs/ The quality of being impolite; want of politeness; incivility, discourtesy, rudeness.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun]
uncourtesyc1380
undebonairtya1400
rudessec1415
ruditya1450
plainness1465
ingratitude1477
ingratuity1528
uncourteousness1530
rudeness?1533
discourtesy1555
inhumanity1557
unrudeness?1562
incivility1612
discourtship1616
unpoliteness1693
discourteousness1727
impolitenessa1773
ungraciousness1836
rudery1869
a1773 Ld. Chesterfield Char. Walpole (1777) 20 The impoliteness of his manners seemed to attest his sincerity.
1837 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 114 One has to dismiss one's own visitors, as they generally think it an impoliteness to go away of their own accord.
1839 W. M. Thackeray Major Gahagan iv It would have been the height of impoliteness.
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