Impertinent vs Artless - What's the difference?
impertinent | artless | Related terms |
insolent, ill-mannered
* Tillotson
* Jeremy Taylor
irrelevant (opposite of pertinent)
An impertinent individual.
* (Maria Edgeworth)
Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit.
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, And why should I here suppress the delight I received from this amiable creature, in remarking each artless look, each motion of pure undissembled nature, betrayed by his wanton eyes}}
Free of artificiality; natural.
Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
Poorly made or done; crude.
Impertinent is a related term of artless.
As adjectives the difference between impertinent and artless
is that impertinent is insolent, ill-mannered while artless is having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit.As a noun impertinent
is an impertinent individual.impertinent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- things that are impertinent to us
- How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
Usage notes
Although, historically, definition 2 was the original (derived from the French below) usage; meaning gradually changed to definition 1. More recently general usage has come to, once again, incorporate definition 2. As many older speakers will consider definition 2 incorrect, avoiding the word altogether may be advisable. The construction "not pertinent" is one possible alternative.Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
(en noun)- comfortably recessed from curious impertinents
artless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This pendant has artless charm.