Dictionary
im•per•ti•nence
Pronunciation: (im-pûr'tn-uns), [key]—
n.
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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