Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The quality of being insubordinate; want of subordination; refractoriness; disobedience; resistance to lawful authority.
Wiktionary
- n. The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
WordNet 3.0
- n. defiance of authority
- n. an insubordinate act
Examples
“Because of what he calls insubordination in the legal department, Mr. Dudley now uses outside counsel for many legal issues.”
“Commissioners cited sexual harassment cases in the police department, several police chases that led to the deaths of bystanders and what they call insubordination on Turner's part.”
“The dismissal yesterday of the executive director of the Board of Elections for alleged "insubordination" is not likely to speed the voting process next week.”
The Huffington Post: Henry J. Stern: Tuesday's Two-Sided Ballot
“They rest on a strict hierarchical structure in which insubordination is the highest crime.”
The Huffington Post: Deborah Meier: How Democratic Are Our Schools?
“But when the utimate cost for insubordination is her memories, can she master the art of mind-hacking without blowing her cover?”
““In a prison where computers reign and the ultimate cost for insubordination is your memories, a light-hearted painter must cooperate with a dangerously intelligent stranger to escape.””
“Of course, Petraeus is trying to circumvent his commander-in-chief, which I believe they call insubordination:”
“flat-out liar" and detailed acts of what he called insubordination by Kiffin.”
“Expelled: Comer had a long history of insubordination, as she "received a three disciplinary letters spanning at least eight separate incidents, and seven of these eight incidents had nothing to do with evolution" and "During her last year at the TEA, Comer was found guilty of violating direct orders-'insubordination'-on three separate occasions.”
“–” In a prison where computers reign and the ultimate cost for insubordination is your memories …” What would you think about revising that to something like “In a prison where computers can seize your memories at any time …” It’s a bit shorter and sets up the second half of the sentence a bit better, I think.”
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