impolite

Example Sentences

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When this began about ten years ago, my answers were sometimes a touch impolite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

It seems imprudent, even impolite, not to advise against joining the herd.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025

Conventional wisdom holds that political disagreements are no reason to be impolite.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025

In Japan, where there are strict cultural norms around public behaviour, talking on the phone while on a train is considered impolite and it is strongly discouraged.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

At the top of our lungs we would yell all the expressions Mother had told us we should never say because they were impolite.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat