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1
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
rude behavior
- the impertinence of deliberately ignoring waiting customers while they finished their conversation
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- dis
- (also diss)
- [slang],
- discourteousness,
- discourtesy,
- disrespect,
- disrespectfulness,
- impertinency,
- impoliteness,
- impudence,
- incivility,
- inconsiderateness,
- inconsideration,
- insolence,
- rudeness,
- ungraciousness
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3
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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The first known use of impertinence was in 1582
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