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impertinent

/ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənt/adjective

उच्चारण इम्पर्टिनन्ट

धृष्ट, गुस्ताख़, अशिष्ट, बदतमीज़

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adjective
  1. 1

    rude and not showing respect, especially to somebody older or more important

    धृष्ट, गुस्ताख़, अशिष्ट, बदतमीज़

    • It was impertinent of the boy to answer his teacher back.
    • an impertinent question about her salary
    • It was impertinent of the new boy to correct the headmaster.
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    • She gave an impertinent reply and was sent out of the room.
    • Nobody liked his impertinent tone.

    Synonyms rude insolent cheeky impudent disrespectful

    Opposite polite respectful courteous deferential

  2. 2

    formal

    not relevant to the matter in hand

    (औपचारिक) असंगत, अप्रासंगिक

    • The judge struck out the impertinent remarks from the record.
    • The lawyer's impertinent question was ruled out by the judge as having nothing to do with the case.
    • The chairman dismissed the impertinent question as unrelated to the meeting.
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    • Arguments about the weather were impertinent to the legal case.
    • The examiner ignored the impertinent details in the answer.

    Synonyms irrelevant immaterial beside the point

    Opposite pertinent relevant

◇Word family
impertinence nounimpertinently adv.pertinent adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

rude insolent cheeky impudent disrespectful irrelevant immaterial beside the point

Antonyms

polite respectful courteous deferential pertinent relevant

AaSpelling

im·per·ti·nent

With -tinent (not 'impertinant' or 'impertinent' with double t); the noun impertinence.

अंत में -tinent ('impertinant' या दो t वाला गलत है); noun impertinence।

?Which word?

impertinent and pertinent

Pertinent means relevant: 'a pertinent question'. Impertinent originally meant not relevant, and lawyers still use it so; but in everyday English it means rude or cheeky: 'an impertinent child'. So an impertinent question may be a rude one (usual) or an irrelevant one (legal).

Pertinent का अर्थ 'प्रासंगिक' है: 'a pertinent question'। Impertinent का मूल अर्थ 'अप्रासंगिक' था, और वकील अब भी इसे ऐसे प्रयोग करते हैं; पर रोज़मर्रा की English में इसका अर्थ 'अशिष्ट या गुस्ताख़' है: 'an impertinent child'। इसलिए impertinent question अशिष्ट (सामान्य) या अप्रासंगिक (कानूनी) हो सकता है।

The impertinent/pertinent pair is a sentence-improvement item.

Impertinent और pertinent की जोड़ी sentence improvement में आती है।

Keep the rude words together: impertinent, impudent, insolent, cheeky, saucy.

अशिष्टता के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: impertinent, impudent, insolent, cheeky, saucy।