impertinence

noun

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1
as in disrespect
disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request a disciplinarian of the old school, he refused to tolerate any impertinence from his children

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2
as in disrespectfulness
rude behavior the impertinence of deliberately ignoring waiting customers while they finished their conversation

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as in irrelevance
the quality or state of not having anything to do with the matter at hand the impertinence of that issue renders any discussion of it a waste of our time

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“Impertinence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impertinence. Accessed 28 Jan. 2023.

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