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Definition of Insubordinate

1. Adjective. Not submissive to authority. "Insubordinate boys"

2. Adjective. Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority.

Definition of Insubordinate

1. a. Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.

Definition of Insubordinate

1. Adjective. rebellious or defiant to authority ¹

2. Adjective. contumacious ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insubordinate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insubordinate

instrumented instrumenting instrumentist instrumentists instrumentlike instruments instyle instyled instyles instyling

insuavity insubjection insubmergible insubmission insubmissive insubordinate (current term) insubordinately insubordinates insubordination insubordinations

insubstantial insubstantialities insubstantiality insubstantially insubstantive insuccation insuccations insuccess insuck insucken

Literary usage of Insubordinate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... Conversation with Montgomery Blair about Grant — Grant, insubordinate in Cabinet, is rebuked by the President — The President's Strength and Weaknesses. ..."

2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... form a distinct community ; physically robust, but litigious, insubordinate, and addicted to excessive opium-eating. Population (1868) 5681; (1881) 5758 ..."

3. Regulations Prescribed for the Use of the Consular Service of the United States by United States Dept. of State (1881)
"Certificate as to insubordinate conduct of ... belonging to the of the said ship by the said master for refusal of duty and insubordinate conduct, ..."

4. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1864)
"... and whoever will carefully study the history of Europe, will discern many traces of a connexion between the two remarkable for its insubordinate spirit, ..."

5. The Great Schism of the West by Louis Salembier (1907)
"... striking disturbers of the peace and the insubordinate, passing sentences that were just and that history can recognise with respect. ..."

6. Woman and New York Law by George James Bayles (1911)
"Removal and Resentence of insubordinate Inmates.—Whenever any person committed to such institution by a magistrate, court or justice of the peace, ..."

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