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impertinence

[im-pur-tn-uhns] / ɪmˈpɜr tn əns /


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His dismay at Tehran’s recent impertinence, however, has occasioned helter-skelter statements.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Coach Matt Peet is normally poker-faced but laughed uproariously in the stand at the sheer impertinence and invention.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2024

Other meta impertinence plays directly to screen junkies.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023

For her part, Ms. Pinkston likened the treatment Mr. Wright suffered on the job to the impertinence all restaurant servers endure, regardless of race.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2021

I knew that I could react in one of two ways: I could scold them for their impertinence or I could listen to what they were saying.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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