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Meanings of insubordinate in English

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insubordinado

Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority.

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      Usage of insubordinate in English
      1
      In the meantime, the men grew more and more intractable and insubordinate.
      The Cruise of the Dry Dock
      2
      Unfortunately his power was insufficient to cope successfully with the insubordinate Spaniards.
      The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 / The Later Ren...
      3
      I walked at the self-important speed of all managers visiting an insubordinate.
      The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
      4
      Mr. Carfax went on with his insubordinate conversation, oblivious to the insult.
      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919
      5
      You know that he gives up his cases when they are insubordinate.
      Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
      6
      You have been insubordinate, and for insubordination there is but one penalty.
      Love-at-Arms / Being a Narrative Excerpted from the Chronicles o...
      7
      He was wilfully, deliberately insubordinate, proud of breaking rules and defying punishments.
      The Aspirations of Jean Servien
      8
      Of course it is, because I'm insubordinate-butthis isn't the navy.
      The bourne ultimatum
      9
      But there was a damnably ironical and insubordinate look in his one eye.
      The Red Planet
      10
      Bean was still feeling insubordinate, and he didn't think Ender deserved the rebuke.
      Ender’s Game
      11
      Trump has repeatedly complained about Vindman's testimony and called him insubordinate.
      Reuters
      12
      Whatever there might be lay at the door of a stupid, insubordinate servant.
      The Prussian Officer
      13
      You're a very insubordinate worker, aren't you? She addressed Geary again.
      Beyond The Frontier: Steadfast
      14
      If he utters another insubordinate word, have him bucked and gagged at once.
      A War-Time Wooing: A Story
      15
      This insubordinate centre that drew him towards old pagan beliefs had assumed command.
      Four Weird Tales
      16
      He was an insubordinate dog, and always smelt abominably of garlic.
      The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
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