Definition of impertinent in English:

impertinent

adjectiveɪmˈpəːtɪnəntɪmˈpərtnənt

1Not showing proper respect; rude.
an impertinent question
Example sentencesExamples
- And this step is an impertinent intrusion in peoples' personal lives.
- I hope you don't feel that I am being impertinent to you in raising those matters with you.
- They can ask us the most impertinent or rude questions but, obviously, we cannot ask, hint at or even think about anything approaching the same.
- Dave did something more reporters should do more often in our media culture: Ask an impertinent question, and then try to find the answer.
- It would have been impertinent to talk about pay or pensions; but about land mines I hoped that I might receive a hearing, as the Member of Parliament most often nearly blown up by them.
- There's no choice but to speak ill of the dead and ask impertinent questions about the emperor's clothes.
- These are impertinent questions, and their only aim is to reduce any claims as much as possible.
- The great, the good and the rich rule their fiefdoms without having to put up with any impertinent interference from the people who do most of the work or buy the goods.
- In a less statist society, the very idea of a legal work week, except perhaps for minors and pregnant women, would probably be regarded as weird, presumptuous and actually impertinent.
- She discouraged impertinent curiosity with frozen silence and there is an uneasy feeling, as one reads, that one is prying into her chosen privacy.
- I have been told by some of the publicists associated with the movie that I'm a little impertinent to be leading any chorus in that direction.
- One shouldn't ask such impertinent questions.
- Admittedly, the question was cheeky, perhaps even a little impertinent.
- All of us, that is, have a child-reader within asking shrewd and impertinent questions.
- He deals very well with even the most impertinent questions.
- It seems a bit impertinent to ask if this relationship needs a license to endure.
- The waiter was brusque to the point of being rude and impertinent, messed up the orders and was not particularly responsive.
- I suppose you think I'm rude and impertinent, barging in here and insisting I knew you.
- For an agonizing 20 minutes, he politely fielded a volley of impertinent questions.
- She was an impertinent child who displayed no respect for me or this city of ours.
Synonyms
rude, insolent, impolite, unmannerly, ill-mannered, bad-mannered, uncivil, discourteous, disrespectful
impudent, cheeky, audacious, bold, brazen, brash, shameless, presumptuous, forward, pert
tactless, undiplomatic, unsubtle, personal
informal brass-necked, fresh, flip
British informal saucy
North American informal sassy, nervy
archaic malapert, contumelious
rare mannerless
2formal Not pertinent to a particular matter; irrelevant.
talk of ‘rhetoric’ and ‘strategy’ is impertinent to this process
Example sentencesExamples
- It is so frustrating that the bleached images of the alien world are so ruggedly handsome and so unjustified and impertinent to the plot at the same time.
- A couple of years ago a bunch of them sat through a four-hour meeting with yours truly and answered a whole lot of questions, both pertinent and impertinent.
- There are in these uninterrupted hundred minutes valuable insights, humorous anecdotes, pertinent and impertinent asides.
- However the compilation fits together so seamlessly that it would be rather impertinent to keep on discussing individual items.
- The students believed that the goal of their required first-year course was to improve their writing, and for that reason my effort to pose writing as a subject of analysis was misguided at best and at worst impertinent and irrelevant.
Synonyms
irrelevant, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, immaterial, unrelated, unconnected, not germane
beside the point, out of place, nothing to do with it, neither here nor there

Derivatives

impertinently

adverbɪmˈpəːtɪnəntli

The roof came off years ago (to save rates), and a sycamore tree has impertinently taken root in its front room.
Example sentencesExamples
- But that is to suggest impertinently that teenagers do not have minds of their own.
- Well, actually, in the interests of accuracy that should read ‘in the direction of’ as the Austrian Alps appear to have placed themselves, rather impertinently in my opinion, across the line of my intended route.
- Henry VIII, while somewhat impertinently nurturing his own little spiky number, attempted to ban beards as part of his break with the Pope.
- You were given a direct order that you denied impertinently, and that cannot be tolerated!

Origin

Late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French, or from late Latin impertinent- 'not having reference to', from Latin in- 'not' + pertinere 'pertain'.

Rhymes

appurtenant, pertinent

Definition of impertinent in US English:

impertinent

adjectiveɪmˈpərtnəntimˈpərtnənt

1Not showing proper respect; rude.
an impertinent question
Example sentencesExamples
- She was an impertinent child who displayed no respect for me or this city of ours.
- These are impertinent questions, and their only aim is to reduce any claims as much as possible.
- Dave did something more reporters should do more often in our media culture: Ask an impertinent question, and then try to find the answer.
- They can ask us the most impertinent or rude questions but, obviously, we cannot ask, hint at or even think about anything approaching the same.
- It would have been impertinent to talk about pay or pensions; but about land mines I hoped that I might receive a hearing, as the Member of Parliament most often nearly blown up by them.
- All of us, that is, have a child-reader within asking shrewd and impertinent questions.
- I have been told by some of the publicists associated with the movie that I'm a little impertinent to be leading any chorus in that direction.
- One shouldn't ask such impertinent questions.
- The waiter was brusque to the point of being rude and impertinent, messed up the orders and was not particularly responsive.
- For an agonizing 20 minutes, he politely fielded a volley of impertinent questions.
- I suppose you think I'm rude and impertinent, barging in here and insisting I knew you.
- Admittedly, the question was cheeky, perhaps even a little impertinent.
- He deals very well with even the most impertinent questions.
- It seems a bit impertinent to ask if this relationship needs a license to endure.
- I hope you don't feel that I am being impertinent to you in raising those matters with you.
- She discouraged impertinent curiosity with frozen silence and there is an uneasy feeling, as one reads, that one is prying into her chosen privacy.
- In a less statist society, the very idea of a legal work week, except perhaps for minors and pregnant women, would probably be regarded as weird, presumptuous and actually impertinent.
- There's no choice but to speak ill of the dead and ask impertinent questions about the emperor's clothes.
- And this step is an impertinent intrusion in peoples' personal lives.
- The great, the good and the rich rule their fiefdoms without having to put up with any impertinent interference from the people who do most of the work or buy the goods.
Synonyms
rude, insolent, impolite, unmannerly, ill-mannered, bad-mannered, uncivil, discourteous, disrespectful
2formal Not pertinent to a particular matter; irrelevant.
talk of “rhetoric” and “strategy” is impertinent to this process
Example sentencesExamples
- There are in these uninterrupted hundred minutes valuable insights, humorous anecdotes, pertinent and impertinent asides.
- A couple of years ago a bunch of them sat through a four-hour meeting with yours truly and answered a whole lot of questions, both pertinent and impertinent.
- However the compilation fits together so seamlessly that it would be rather impertinent to keep on discussing individual items.
- The students believed that the goal of their required first-year course was to improve their writing, and for that reason my effort to pose writing as a subject of analysis was misguided at best and at worst impertinent and irrelevant.
- It is so frustrating that the bleached images of the alien world are so ruggedly handsome and so unjustified and impertinent to the plot at the same time.
Synonyms
irrelevant, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, immaterial, unrelated, unconnected, not germane

Origin

Late Middle English (in impertinent (sense 2)): from Old French, or from late Latin impertinent- ‘not having reference to’, from Latin in- ‘not’ + pertinere ‘pertain’.

单词	impertinent
释义	Definition of impertinent in English: impertinent adjectiveɪmˈpəːtɪnəntɪmˈpərtnənt 1Not showing proper respect; rude. an impertinent question Example sentencesExamples And this step is an impertinent intrusion in peoples' personal lives. I hope you don't feel that I am being impertinent to you in raising those matters with you. They can ask us the most impertinent or rude questions but, obviously, we cannot ask, hint at or even think about anything approaching the same. Dave did something more reporters should do more often in our media culture: Ask an impertinent question, and then try to find the answer. It would have been impertinent to talk about pay or pensions; but about land mines I hoped that I might receive a hearing, as the Member of Parliament most often nearly blown up by them. There's no choice but to speak ill of the dead and ask impertinent questions about the emperor's clothes. These are impertinent questions, and their only aim is to reduce any claims as much as possible. The great, the good and the rich rule their fiefdoms without having to put up with any impertinent interference from the people who do most of the work or buy the goods. In a less statist society, the very idea of a legal work week, except perhaps for minors and pregnant women, would probably be regarded as weird, presumptuous and actually impertinent. She discouraged impertinent curiosity with frozen silence and there is an uneasy feeling, as one reads, that one is prying into her chosen privacy. I have been told by some of the publicists associated with the movie that I'm a little impertinent to be leading any chorus in that direction. One shouldn't ask such impertinent questions. Admittedly, the question was cheeky, perhaps even a little impertinent. All of us, that is, have a child-reader within asking shrewd and impertinent questions. He deals very well with even the most impertinent questions. It seems a bit impertinent to ask if this relationship needs a license to endure. The waiter was brusque to the point of being rude and impertinent, messed up the orders and was not particularly responsive. I suppose you think I'm rude and impertinent, barging in here and insisting I knew you. For an agonizing 20 minutes, he politely fielded a volley of impertinent questions. She was an impertinent child who displayed no respect for me or this city of ours. Synonyms rude, insolent, impolite, unmannerly, ill-mannered, bad-mannered, uncivil, discourteous, disrespectful impudent, cheeky, audacious, bold, brazen, brash, shameless, presumptuous, forward, pert tactless, undiplomatic, unsubtle, personal informal brass-necked, fresh, flip British informal saucy North American informal sassy, nervy archaic malapert, contumelious rare mannerless 2formal Not pertinent to a particular matter; irrelevant. talk of ‘rhetoric’ and ‘strategy’ is impertinent to this process Example sentencesExamples It is so frustrating that the bleached images of the alien world are so ruggedly handsome and so unjustified and impertinent to the plot at the same time. A couple of years ago a bunch of them sat through a four-hour meeting with yours truly and answered a whole lot of questions, both pertinent and impertinent. There are in these uninterrupted hundred minutes valuable insights, humorous anecdotes, pertinent and impertinent asides. However the compilation fits together so seamlessly that it would be rather impertinent to keep on discussing individual items. The students believed that the goal of their required first-year course was to improve their writing, and for that reason my effort to pose writing as a subject of analysis was misguided at best and at worst impertinent and irrelevant. Synonyms irrelevant, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, immaterial, unrelated, unconnected, not germane beside the point, out of place, nothing to do with it, neither here nor there Derivatives impertinently adverbɪmˈpəːtɪnəntli The roof came off years ago (to save rates), and a sycamore tree has impertinently taken root in its front room. Example sentencesExamples But that is to suggest impertinently that teenagers do not have minds of their own. Well, actually, in the interests of accuracy that should read ‘in the direction of’ as the Austrian Alps appear to have placed themselves, rather impertinently in my opinion, across the line of my intended route. Henry VIII, while somewhat impertinently nurturing his own little spiky number, attempted to ban beards as part of his break with the Pope. You were given a direct order that you denied impertinently, and that cannot be tolerated! Origin Late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French, or from late Latin impertinent- 'not having reference to', from Latin in- 'not' + pertinere 'pertain'. Rhymes appurtenant, pertinent Definition of impertinent in US English: impertinent adjectiveɪmˈpərtnəntimˈpərtnənt 1Not showing proper respect; rude. an impertinent question Example sentencesExamples She was an impertinent child who displayed no respect for me or this city of ours. These are impertinent questions, and their only aim is to reduce any claims as much as possible. Dave did something more reporters should do more often in our media culture: Ask an impertinent question, and then try to find the answer. They can ask us the most impertinent or rude questions but, obviously, we cannot ask, hint at or even think about anything approaching the same. It would have been impertinent to talk about pay or pensions; but about land mines I hoped that I might receive a hearing, as the Member of Parliament most often nearly blown up by them. All of us, that is, have a child-reader within asking shrewd and impertinent questions. I have been told by some of the publicists associated with the movie that I'm a little impertinent to be leading any chorus in that direction. One shouldn't ask such impertinent questions. The waiter was brusque to the point of being rude and impertinent, messed up the orders and was not particularly responsive. For an agonizing 20 minutes, he politely fielded a volley of impertinent questions. I suppose you think I'm rude and impertinent, barging in here and insisting I knew you. Admittedly, the question was cheeky, perhaps even a little impertinent. He deals very well with even the most impertinent questions. It seems a bit impertinent to ask if this relationship needs a license to endure. I hope you don't feel that I am being impertinent to you in raising those matters with you. She discouraged impertinent curiosity with frozen silence and there is an uneasy feeling, as one reads, that one is prying into her chosen privacy. In a less statist society, the very idea of a legal work week, except perhaps for minors and pregnant women, would probably be regarded as weird, presumptuous and actually impertinent. There's no choice but to speak ill of the dead and ask impertinent questions about the emperor's clothes. And this step is an impertinent intrusion in peoples' personal lives. The great, the good and the rich rule their fiefdoms without having to put up with any impertinent interference from the people who do most of the work or buy the goods. Synonyms rude, insolent, impolite, unmannerly, ill-mannered, bad-mannered, uncivil, discourteous, disrespectful 2formal Not pertinent to a particular matter; irrelevant. talk of “rhetoric” and “strategy” is impertinent to this process Example sentencesExamples There are in these uninterrupted hundred minutes valuable insights, humorous anecdotes, pertinent and impertinent asides. A couple of years ago a bunch of them sat through a four-hour meeting with yours truly and answered a whole lot of questions, both pertinent and impertinent. However the compilation fits together so seamlessly that it would be rather impertinent to keep on discussing individual items. The students believed that the goal of their required first-year course was to improve their writing, and for that reason my effort to pose writing as a subject of analysis was misguided at best and at worst impertinent and irrelevant. It is so frustrating that the bleached images of the alien world are so ruggedly handsome and so unjustified and impertinent to the plot at the same time. Synonyms irrelevant, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, immaterial, unrelated, unconnected, not germane Origin Late Middle English (in impertinent (sense 2)): from Old French, or from late Latin impertinent- ‘not having reference to’, from Latin in- ‘not’ + pertinere ‘pertain’.
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