impertinent
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Eleanor can be so impertinent, yet the audience still has to like her.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
The TV set is in your house, and you’re sitting six feet away from it, and especially in the wee hours of the night, whatever’s staring back at you can feel eerie, or impertinent.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024
In the past, words or phrases deemed to have stepped over the line include "impertinent dog", "cad", "blethering", "guttersnipe" and "git".
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023
I will not appear to condone the diminishment of any group at the expense of impertinent gestures toward another group for any reason, even when the law of the land appears to require it.’”
From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2023
“You impertinent boy! Of course I’m not,” exclaimed Sallie, with an air that proved the contrary.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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