meaning of impertinent

1. Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.
2.
Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark.
3.
Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.
4.
An impertinent person.
5.
improperly forward or bold; "dont be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting ">strangers"


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