adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an impertinent question (= one which you have no right to ask )
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She did not answer the maid’s impertinent question.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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impertinent questions
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an impertinent child
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By now he had gotten used to reporters' impertinent questions about his private life.
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Could I ask how old you are, or would that be impertinent ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And as it seems impertinent to invite you to sit down in your own laboratory, I won't.
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But at the same time they are extraordinarily willing to fill out warranty cards, questionnaires and impertinent surveys.
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He was impertinent , rude and arrogant.
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I think I just asked a lot of impertinent questions.
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It would be impertinent of me to write of Zuckerman.
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There is no penalty for being impertinent to supervisors who, in turn, quickly learn to keep their advice to themselves.
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We are too impertinent with the past, counting on it in this way for a reliable frisson.
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Who was this impertinent stranger eyeing her baggage?