impolite

adjective

im·po·lite | \ ˌim-pə-ˈlīt

Definition of impolite

: not polite : rude

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Examples of impolite in a Sentence

It's impolite to talk during the performance. He made some impolite comments about her appearance.

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However, your expectation that your sister would hold a dinner for 20 people is impolite on your part. — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, "Ask Amy: Late arrivers don’t get to sulk in the kitchen," 9 June 2019 However, your expectation that your sister would hold a dinner for 20 people is impolite on your part. — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, "Ask Amy: Late arrivers don’t get to sulk in the kitchen," 9 June 2019 However, your expectation that your sister would hold a dinner for 20 people is impolite on your part. — Ask Amy, oregonlive.com, "Ask Amy: Late dinner guests eat cold leftovers and sulk in the kitchen," 9 June 2019 As not answering his stack of correspondence appeared impolite, the London socialite decided to speed up the task by enlisting his friend, artist J.C. Horsley, to design a festive card with a fill-in-the-blank salutation in 1843. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "Your Old Christmas Cards Might Be Worth Serious Money," 16 Nov. 2018 The driver waves him away, more weary than impolite. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, "Loud, Crowded, Grease-Stained, and Gloriously Drunk: Where the World Eats After Hours," 8 Oct. 2018 Maybe it is considered bad manners to vote someone out in an impolite way. — Stephen Fishbach, PEOPLE.com, "Survivor: A Struggle to Balance Friendship and Strategy Leads to a Game-Losing Misplay," 16 May 2018 Outside the school, Emma encountered members of Gays Against Guns, a group founded in the aftermath of the Pulse shooting whose members promote change through emotional and sometimes impolite protests. — Lisa Miller, Daily Intelligencer, "On the Ground With the Parkland Teens as They Plot Their Revolution," 2 Mar. 2018 Now, popular fear and anger are forcing Islam, immigration and identity onto Europe’s agenda in impolite ways. — Dominic Green, WSJ, "The Discontent That Feeds ‘Britain First’," 6 Dec. 2017

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