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Insubordinate

Insubordinate meaning

Rebellious or defiant to authority; contumacious.

Example sentences (10)

Beckett Mariner may indeed be the most "criminally insubordinate" Ensign in all of Starfleet, but she also truly believes in its ideals — Beckett simply has no interest in climbing the ranks or following regulations when they impede her greater mission.

She thought her friendships were hurting because of him and so she was insubordinate.

In a stinging report, the Justice Department watchdog said Thursday that former FBI Director James Comey was "insubordinate" in his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation during the 2016 presidential election.

The inspector general’s report says Comey, who announced in the summer of 2016 that Clinton would not be charged with any crime in the email probe, was insubordinate and departed from normal protocol numerous times.

And if a student asked for help a second time, Jackson viewed him as insubordinate and punished him.

Dukes of Olomouc often acted as the "right hand" of Prague dukes and kings, while Dukes of Brno and especially those of Znojmo were much more insubordinate.

In his final year (1943), he was put on probation for being insubordinate to a visiting army colonel during maneuvers.

In the 1st century AD, the quote is mentioned by Paul of Tarsus as the words of a man who was insubordinate, an empty talker and a deceiver, yet spoke truly in this statement.

It is said that Faik was a powerful, but insubordinate governor of Nuh III; and had been punished by Nuh III.

This was in part assisted by the Admiral's nearly insubordinate stance against paying the fraudulently inflated submarine construction claims, as well as his advanced age and waning political power regarding nuclear power.