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im⋅per⋅ti⋅nence
[im-pur-tn-uh
ns] 
–noun
| 1. | unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence. |
| 2. | impertinent quality or action. |
| 3. | something impertinent, as an act or statement. |
| 4. | an impertinent person. |
| 5. | irrelevance, inappropriateness, or absurdity. |
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Impertinence
Im*per"ti*nence\, n. [Cf. F. impertinence. See Impertinent.]1. The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness. 2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility. We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be understood. --Swift. 3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value. There are many subtile impertinences learned in schools. --Watts.
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Language Translation for : impertinence
Spanish:
presunción,
German:
die Anmaßung,
Japanese:
ずうずうしさ
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