Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not polite; discourteous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unpolished; unfinished.
- Unpolished in manner; not polite; ill-mannered; rude; uncivil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.
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- adjective Not
polite ; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not polite
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Hara kiri is an impolite way of saying the Japanese word “seppuku” which means, literally, “belly splitting.”
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Blaming snow for being ignorant and careless and impolite, is like blaming a dog for barking.
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What others might term impolite was merely Ken's shorthand.
Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990
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Last week, a lawyer from Chile wrote me congratulating me for my journalistic work and informing me about the presence of so many Israeli soldiers which he encountered while in the south, whom he describes as impolite and rude.
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Yeah, the adverb problem has bitten me in impolite places a hundred times and they’re usually the first to go when the story gets passed around my friends.
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Gretchen, though she rejects Faust's first advances curtly enough to be called impolite, nevertheless ardently returns Faust's kiss on her first meeting with him in the garden, and already at the second
A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888
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Will this move them to improve behavior the poll characterized as impolite, prone to loud carping and inattentive to local customs?
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As somebody commented above this it was not only "impolite" for google to do that update.
Use Group Policy Editor To Customise Or Disable Google Update | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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In terms of the historical record, Royall's personality and hilarious, though often caustic and "impolite" attacks on religious figures--both right and left, from Protestant fanatics of the Jacksonian era like Ezra Stiles Ely to New England abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and his sister Harriet Beecher Stowe--as well as the corrupt political stalwarts of all persuasions, have unfairly dominated and often biased her portrayal in many histories.
Jeff Biggers: "Office Holders Are Desperate": 180 Years Before HuffPo, Anne Royall's Wicked Blogs Held DC Accountable Jeff Biggers 2010
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In terms of the historical record, Royall's personality and hilarious, though often caustic and "impolite" attacks on religious figures -- both right and left, from Protestant fanatics of the Jacksonian era like Ezra Stiles Ely to New England abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and his sister Harriet Beecher Stowe -- as well as the corrupt political stalwarts of all persuasions, have unfairly dominated and often biased her portrayal in many histories.
Jeff Biggers: "Office Holders Are Desperate": 180 Years Before HuffPo, Anne Royall's Wicked Blogs Held DC Accountable Jeff Biggers 2010
afredricks commented on the word impolite
All cultures have rules for polite and impolite behavior.
May 20, 2009
gulyasrobi commented on the word impolite
Daffynition: A flaming goblin. (imp-alight)
June 16, 2012