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insubordinate, a. (n.)|ɪnsəˈbɔːdɪnət|
[in-3; cf. F. insubordonné (1789 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Not subordinate. a. Not obedient to the orders of superiors; prone to insubordination.
1849Cobden Speeches 86 To keep down a very restless and insubordinate population; but why restless and insubordinate? 1864Daily Tel. 23 Sept., A motley crew of insubordinate adventurers. 1897P. Warung Tales Old Regime 37 To be insubordinate was to commit the unpardonable sin.
b. Not subordinate in altitude; not inferior.
1868Milman St. Paul's 398 Those adjacent buildings soar to an insubordinate height.
B. n. One who is insubordinate.
1886Sir F. Doyle Remin. 45 In managing his subordinates (insubordinates I should rather call them). 1896Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 2/1 He..was court-martialled, and came near being shot. But..[he] had early become a past master of chess..The staff were unable to face a sudden curtailment of their only recreation, and the insubordinate was spared.
Hence insuˈbordinately adv., in an insubordinate, unsubmissive, or refractory manner.
18..in Jas. Grant Hist. India (1876) I. xli. 209/1 The king's troops..loudly and insubordinately uttered the old complaint of want of beef. |