impolite

Example Sentences

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When this began about ten years ago, my answers were sometimes a touch impolite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

It is not impolite at all to Venmo her for the money you spent on party supplies.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 28, 2025

Then again, is referring to this so-called intensity as chaos impolite?

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2025

In Japan, where there are strict cultural norms around public behaviour, talking on the phone while on a train is considered impolite and it is strongly discouraged.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

She would spend her time exchanging texts with Ranyinudo or Priye or Zemaye, bored, waiting until when it would not be impolite to leave.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie