Definition of Impertinence

Im`per´ti`nence
n.1.The condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.
2.Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.
3.That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value.


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arrogance, bold front, brash bearing, brashness, brass, brassiness, bravado, brazenfacedness, brazenness, bumptiousness, butting-in, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, cockiness, contempt, contemptuousness, daring, daringness, defial, defiance, defying, derision, despite, disassociation, disconnection, discourtesy, discreteness, disdain, disjunction, disjuncture, disregard, disrespect, disrespectfulness, dissociation, face of brass, flippancy, forwardness, freshness, gall, hardihood, immateriality, impoliteness, inapplicability, inappositeness, incivility, inconnection, inconsequence, independence, inquisitiveness, insolence, intermeddling, intrusiveness, irrelation, irrelevance, meddlesomeness, meddling, nerve, obtrusiveness, officiousness, pertness, presumptuousness, ridicule, separateness, unconnectedness, unrelatedness


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