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Definition of “insubordinate”

insubordinate (ˌɪnsəˈbɔːdɪnɪt Pronunciation for insubordinate

Definitions

adjective

  1. not submissive to authority; disobedient or rebellious
  2. not in a subordinate position or rank

noun

  1. an insubordinate person

Derived Forms

ˌinsubˈordinately adverb
ˌinsubˌordiˈnation noun

Example Sentences Including 'insubordinate'

" Deeply disgruntled with Mrs Thatcher, and had become truculent, insubordinate and devil-may-care"
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
He is truculent, occasionally insubordinate , but remains an honest cop, still believing in justice.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
I don't think he believed that we would be so insubordinate but soon realized we meant what we said.
Goodwin, Richard Leontyne
My kindly and patient teacher, I discovered, was a terrible student, headstrong and insubordinate.
Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: Book Two of the Tawny Man (2002)
She would kill Lori for being so blithely insubordinate but she couldn't say anything in front of Nick.
Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN US (2002)
The goddess as her mercurial, authoritative and insubordinate self is omnipresent and omniscient.
India Today (1997)
rumours, and they were only rumours, that over the past few years several insubordinate employees had simply disappeared.
MacNeill, Alastair The Devil's Door

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