Definitions for insubordinate

insubordinate in·sub·or·di·nate

Spelling: [in-suh-bawr-dn-it]
IPA: /ˌɪn səˈbɔr dn ɪt/

Insubordinate is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 2845 anagrams from letters in insubordinate (abdeiinnorstu).

Definitions for insubordinate

noun

  1. a person who is insubordinate.

adjective

  1. not submitting to authority; disobedient:
  2. not lower.

Origin of insubordinate

First recorded in 1840-50; in-3 + subordinate

Examples for insubordinate

He was well-educated, but of a surly disposition and insubordinate.

"You are insubordinate," said the Legate, of a sudden very cold.

You have been insubordinate when you should not only have been orderly, but have enforced orderliness in others.

Usually the crews thus obtained were treacherous and insubordinate.

Nothing rude, boisterous, insubordinate, or unkind appeared from any.

A mistake; they lack only the right of arbitrarily dismissing the insubordinate.

By evening, however, the insubordinate and troublesome had been quieted.

In the meantime, the men grew more and more intractable and insubordinate.

Not a spoiler, but next week Maggie says something to Will that even she acknowledges is “inappropriate” and “insubordinate.”

In a moment Miss Jemima had forgotten her insubordinate cook.

Word Value for insubordinate
Scrable

16

Words with friends

20

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