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impolite

[ im-puh-lahyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude:
an impolite reply.
Synonyms: rough, ill-mannered, boorish, insolent, uncivil, disrespectful

impolite

/ ˌɪmpəˈlaɪt /

First recorded in 1605–15, impolite is from the Latin word impolītus rough, unpolished. See im- ², polite

Luckily for the South Carolina native, his encounters with the impolite are rare.

Zarif complained that the way I asked my question to him was “impolite.”

Funny, I think jailing journalists and bloggers is “impolite.”

I wish everyone reacted to impolite cell phone usage like Kevin Williamson.

Then again, yet to meet an impolite Canadian in person, so maybe this is just Twitter being Twitter.

"You may be as impolite to me as you wish; I cannot go," he said.

We were kalkilatin' on yer bein' even that impolite: wasn't we, boys?

In the other, a woman takes no inconsiderable share in the arduous but impolite performance—pulling men by the nose.

It is considered impolite to return the vessel before emptying it, and a good Kirghiz is never guilty of this impropriety.

He did not wish to be impolite, so he kept turning his face aside and pretending to cough.

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