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Thesaurus: impertinent
Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.
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Definitions
- a. Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.
- a. Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark.
- a. Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.
- n. An impertinent person.
- adj. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- adj. not pertinent to the matter under consideration
- adj. improperly forward or bold
- j:100 s. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality