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impertinent

British pronunciation/ɪmpˈɜːtɪnənt/
American pronunciation/ˌɪmˈpɝtənənt/
impertinent
[ADJECTIVE]
1

improperly forward or bold

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2

not pertinent to the matter under consideration

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3

characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality

synonyms : irreverent
pert
saucy
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Examples
1You're impertinent Hal Jordan
2For laws are of no force at all without penalties, and penalties in this case are absolutely impertinent, because they're not proper to convince the mind.
3This is an additional charge of urban novelists, to find ways to fold impertinent city data and historical information into the storyline without lapsing into the academic.
4Jonathan Walden, I find the implication of your assertion preeminently duplicitous, if not categorically impertinent.
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