impolite

adjective

im·​po·​lite ˌim-pə-ˈlīt How to pronounce impolite (audio)
: not polite : rude
impolitely adverb
impoliteness noun

Examples of impolite in a Sentence

It's impolite to talk during the performance. He made some impolite comments about her appearance.
Recent Examples on the Web In the sphere of coaching, interruptions do not equate to impolite disruptions but rather serve as crucial instruments to guide the conversation back to its central theme or delve further into eliciting enlightenment. Andrea Wanerstrand, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 And that her avoidance of hosting the group is impolite and unfair to the rest of us? Susan Steade, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2024 Trillin would never reach for such off-the-shelf and impolite verbiage. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024 Although Miss Manners defends your decision not to socialize with impolite people, this is not license to tell them why. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023 First, was their behavior impolite, or does our lingering in our seats improperly inconvenience others? Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023 This may strike you as a little impolite—aren’t parents supposed to lavish more attention on their kids than on themselves?—but, then, art has no obligation to behave itself. Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023 The Hairy Who, and Nutt’s work in particular, followed in impolite fashion, collapsing Old Master work and comic books, consumer advertisements and pin-up magazines, into luridly colored and rudely psychosexual compositions. Max Lakin, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023 This impolite appellation seemed to fit a vehicle that cuts a swath 76 inches wide through the forest. Martin Padgett Jr., Car and Driver, 2 Aug. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Latin impolitus, from in- + politus polite

First Known Use

1739, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of impolite was in 1739

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Cite this Entry

“Impolite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impolite. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

impolite

adjective
im·​po·​lite ˌim-pə-ˈlīt How to pronounce impolite (audio)
: not polite : rude
impolitely adverb
impoliteness noun

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