impolite

adjective

im·po·lite ˌim-pə-ˈlīt

Synonyms of impolite next

: not polite : rude

impolitely adverb

impoliteness noun

Example Sentences

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

Recent Examples on the Web My objective here was to push back against such one-dimensional categorization (including my own), which is often reflected in the impolite comment threads of any blogs that delve into climate science or climate policy. —

Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2010 It was considered impolite. —

Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 10 Jan. 2022 There is no cause to be impolite. —

Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 June 2021 This was in some respects an impolitic, even impolite, thing for the first-term politician to say. —

Michael Tomasky, The New York Review of Books, 26 Mar. 2020 Rough, rushed, impolite, uncivilized…. —

Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Sep. 2022 But also confrontational, impolite. —

Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 8 July 2022 Like our new Pip, this Great Expectations is impolite. —

Phillip Maciak, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2023 Is this impolite? —

Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2022 See More

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