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Adjective: impertinent  im'pur-ti-nunt or im'purt-nunt
  1. Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
    "a certain impertinent gaiety and ease of manner"
    - irreverent, pert, saucy
     
  2. Not pertinent to the matter under consideration
    "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
    - extraneous, immaterial, orthogonal
     
  3. Improperly forward or bold
    "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"
    - fresh, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy [N. Amer], wise, lippy

See also: beside the point, forward, impertinence, irrelevant, spirited