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From dis- + respectful.

• IPA^(key): /dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl/

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disrespectful (comparative more disrespectful, superlative most disrespectful)

1. Lacking respect.
2. irrespective, heedless, regardless
   • 1922, E. F. Benson, Miss Mapp, chapter 6, page 157:

     That alone, apart from Mr. Wyse’s old-fashioned notions on the subject, made telephoning impossible, for your summons was usually answered by his cook, who instantly began scolding the butcher irrespective and disrespectful of whom you were.

• See also Thesaurus:cheeky

• respectful

• disrespectfully
• disrespectfulness

• unrespectful

• → Dutch: disrespectvol (calque)