discourteous

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The time-limit is one month Without being in the least discourteous, his words conveyed the impression that in so short a time there was more to be done than talk to curious travellers How long has the camp been here?"

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  1. adjective Exhibiting no courtesy; rude.

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  • This is discourteous, and we can do better than that. —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • Users may not use language that is threatening, abusive, vulgar, discourteous or criminal. —  Black America Web
  • Our conversations were abrupt and discourteous, and useless to us.
  • The time-limit is one month Without being in the least discourteous, his words conveyed the impression that in so short a time there was more to be done than talk to curious travellers How long has the camp been here?" —  There was a King in Egypt
  • "You were not wont to be so discourteous, my prince of bonifaces But recovering from his temporary stupor, the landlord, without reply, disappeared from the window Now may we safely leave the flames to the wind," commented the minstrel, as he sprang upon a small nag which had been fastened to a shed near by. —  Under the Rose
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  1. from Old French descourtois, French discourtois (= Spanish descortés = Portuguese descortez = Italian discortese, scortese), from des- privative + courtois, courteous: see dis- and courteous.
 

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