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Impertinent   /ɪmpˈərtənənt/   Listen
Impertinent

adjective
1.
Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality.  Synonyms: irreverent, pert, saucy.
2.
Not pertinent to the matter under consideration.  Synonyms: extraneous, immaterial, orthogonal.  "The price was immaterial" , "Mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
3.
Improperly forward or bold.  Synonyms: fresh, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise.  "Impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup" , "An impudent boy given to insulting strangers" , "Don't get wise with me!"





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"Impertinent" Quotes from Famous Books



... in no impertinent tone, but in the low voice of one who "shall whisper out of the dust." He had not yet recovered from the first impression of his awakening, that the world in which he now stood was ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker
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... to have made but little use of the life of Dr. King, prefixed to his works, in three vols. 1776; to which it may not be impertinent to refer the reader. His talent for humour ought to be praised in the highest terms. In that, at least, he yielded to none of ...
— Lives of the Poets, Vol. 1 • Samuel Johnson
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... viciously the prairie-dogs for standing on their tails and chipchip-chipping at them as they went by. And though the Silent One did not swear, he carried rocks in his pockets, and threw them with venomous precision at every "dog" that showed his impertinent nose out of a burrow within range. For Pink, he vented his spleen on the ...
— Rowdy of the Cross L • B.M. Sinclair, AKA B.M. Bower
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... repayment of former favours? He had a motive for forgetting them: he denied all knowledge of his friends and comrades, and wished men only to see, to think, and to speak of him as emperor. He regarded his old friend as an impertinent meddler. ...
— L. Annaeus Seneca On Benefits • Seneca
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... may doubt and cavil; I took it simply from the Bible, in the words that God's wisdom teacheth, and thus I argued: "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners: I am a sinner; I want to be saved: he will save me." There is no presumption in taking God at his word: not to do so is very impertinent: I did it, ...
— Personal Recollections • Charlotte Elizabeth
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