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How to pronounce insubordinate in English?

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Synonyms resistant, resistive
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a history of insubordinate behavior.
insubordinate boys.

Examples of insubordinate

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At the same time, the Supreme Court is disciplining more insubordinate judges.
From the economist.com
Antipholus, thinking his servant is making insubordinate jokes, beats Dromio.
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The plantations practicing such cruelty knew insubordinate slaves could be replaced.
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If Longstone was incompetent or insubordinate, taxpayers shouldn't pay out anything.
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If she was incompetent or insubordinate, taxpayers shouldn't be paying out anything.
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As far as he was concerned, Rommel was an insubordinate defeatist and string-puller.
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Some employees were fired, Whitten says, because they were hostile and insubordinate.
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His first few years in the league, he was openly insubordinate and in poor condition.
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Hamilton has been an insubordinate whiner for more than two years now.
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More examples
  • Not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys"
  • Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
  • Rebellious or defiant to authority; contumacious
  • (Insubordination) The actual or alleged behavior of slaves or free apprentices of color who refuse to submit to the authority of their master