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Recent Examples of impolite One of the myths Dunlap tackles in her book is that talking about money is impolite. Katy McFee, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 The typical solution is to berate co-workers for misusing the channel, which is impolite, hurts everyone’s feelings and does not work. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024 If either of these things had been true, your staying put would still not have been impolite. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025 Canadian sports fans have even been booing the U.S. national anthem during cross-border games, a decidedly impolite act. Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impolite
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impolite
rude
Adjective
  • And even if that feels rude by the standards of today, people were forced to answer her questions and answer to the things that the public wanted to know.
    Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 23 June 2025
  • There are so many things that can be off or what if just the woman walks in and just is not attracted to the guy or the man is rude to the waiter.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025

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“Impolite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impolite. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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