Get to know Impertinence better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like impudence or discourtesy.
Impertinence in a sentence
Impertinence meaning
- Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
- An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
- The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
Synonyms of Impertinence
Using Impertinence
- The main meaning on this page is: Lack of pertinence; irrelevance. | An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent. | The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
- Useful related words include: impudence, discourtesy, archness, sauciness.
Context around Impertinence
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Impertinence
- In this selection, "impertinence" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, alleged, regulating and gross stand out and add context to how "impertinence" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and gross impertinence to the and his alleged impertinence. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "impertinence" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with impertinence
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I wanted to stay at Axel Springer,” Raad, who was fired for his alleged impertinence. (15 words)
His motoring craze eventually sees him imprisoned for theft, dangerous driving and gross impertinence to the rural police. (18 words)
Screaming and other merciless ways of regulating impertinence are sometimes handy tools of many teachers, which perhaps is effective on some but has a blunting effect on many and is in no way justifiable. (34 words)
Screaming and other merciless ways of regulating impertinence are sometimes handy tools of many teachers, which perhaps is effective on some but has a blunting effect on many and is in no way justifiable. (34 words)
His motoring craze eventually sees him imprisoned for theft, dangerous driving and gross impertinence to the rural police. (18 words)
I wanted to stay at Axel Springer,” Raad, who was fired for his alleged impertinence. (15 words)
Example sentences (3)
I wanted to stay at Axel Springer,” Raad, who was fired for his alleged impertinence.
Screaming and other merciless ways of regulating impertinence are sometimes handy tools of many teachers, which perhaps is effective on some but has a blunting effect on many and is in no way justifiable.
His motoring craze eventually sees him imprisoned for theft, dangerous driving and gross impertinence to the rural police.