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Insubordination meaning

The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.

Synonyms of Insubordination

rebelliousness defiance subordination resistance

Related words

Other words often associated with Insubordination or its synonyms:

intractability immunity dependence domination challenge status opposition dependency resistivity mastery condition action

Using Insubordination

  • The main meaning on this page is: The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.
  • Useful related words include: rebelliousness, defiance, subordination, resistance.
  • In the example corpus, insubordination often appears in combinations such as: of insubordination, and insubordination, for insubordination.

Context around Insubordination

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

harassment 1× attacks 1× defiance 1× apparent 1× tolerating 1×

Often after:

misconduct 2×

Sentence patterns with Insubordination

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

act of insubordination 1× are tolerating insubordination even cheering 1× challenges of insubordination misconduct various 1× corruption and insubordination to engaging 1× days for insubordination misconduct and 1× deems as insubordination 1× due to insubordination for refusing 1× fired for insubordination after being 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

anderson says he 1× from disobeying rules 1× gachagua faced allegations 1× her supervisor then 1× insubordination to the 1× last week a 1×

Common sentence endings:

act of insubordination 1× catch 22 situation 1× deems as insubordination 1× even cheering it 1× for white girls 1× fraud and insubordination 1×

Words around Insubordination

Just before it in the word index:

insubordinate 12 instytut 2 instyle 11 instruments 2.420 instrumented 11 instrumentation 247

Just after it in the word index:

insubstantial 20 insufferable 65 insufficiencies 2 insufficiency 36 insufficient 922 insufficiently 82

Similar in corpus frequency:

aachen 53 abayomi 53 abbots 53 abram 53 adoptees 53 adopter 53

Corpus analysis for Insubordination

  • In this selection, "insubordination" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, harassment, attacks, defiance and misconduct stand out and add context to how "insubordination" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include act of insubordination and are tolerating insubordination even cheering. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "insubordination" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with insubordination

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Sexual harassment, insubordination, a hostile work environment, defamation, (I could go on. (12 words)

They hate Trump so much that they are tolerating insubordination, even cheering it. (13 words)

The parties traded accusations about personal attacks, insubordination and negative effects on their mental health. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Last week a huge cloud of uncertainty and foreboding hovered the ancient city of Kano as Muhammad Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano was unceremoniously dethroned by the Governor Umar Ganduje administration on March 9 for what it called insubordination. (41 words)

Of all Vice Presidents from 1964, he was fired for insubordination after being Vice President for a short period of time That is a champions record that is hard to beat in Zambia for a long time to come. (39 words)

The data showed that 75 percent of Black female discipline referrals were for disruption, compared with 19 percent for white girls; 69 percent were for defiance, insubordination or noncompliance, compared with 19 percent for white girls. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Her supervisor then accused her of insubordination for not showing the tattoo — placing her in a catch-22 situation.

Sag Harbor Village Police Chief Austin J. McGuire was suspended without pay for 30 days for insubordination, misconduct and incompetence, according to town documents.

Sexual harassment, insubordination, a hostile work environment, defamation, (I could go on.

The parties traded accusations about personal attacks, insubordination and negative effects on their mental health.

Gachagua faced allegations ranging from corruption and insubordination to engaging in ethnically divisive politics, money laundering, undermining government initiatives and intimidating public officials.

Though tasked with addressing the challenges of insubordination, misconduct, various unethical behaviour and over-establishment, Okeniyi said he stood committed to realising his vision and mission.

Anderson says he was informed by the department and his union that the reason for termination was due to insubordination for refusing to take down his Instagram video.

He said: “The Chairman of Nasarawa Local Government Council is hereby suspended, pending the investigation of his act of insubordination.

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Insubordination to the office of the AGF by not seeking his approval on some decisions.

Last week a huge cloud of uncertainty and foreboding hovered the ancient city of Kano as Muhammad Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano was unceremoniously dethroned by the Governor Umar Ganduje administration on March 9 for what it called insubordination.

The data showed that 75 percent of Black female discipline referrals were for disruption, compared with 19 percent for white girls; 69 percent were for defiance, insubordination or noncompliance, compared with 19 percent for white girls.

Therefore, the issue of insubordination did not arise, since the CEO was in fact being made to carry out an instruction which had been contra to what his Constitutional order should have been.

Tuberville, in turn, responded with a tweet attacking Sessions for the apparent insubordination to the president.

From disobeying rules to occasional show of insubordination, The Housemates found it difficult to adjust to the House governed by rules.

Mayor of Georgetown Pandit Ubraj Singh is calling on City Engineer Colvern Venture to resign, due to what he deems as insubordination.

Of all Vice Presidents from 1964, he was fired for insubordination after being Vice President for a short period of time That is a champions record that is hard to beat in Zambia for a long time to come.

She's been censored in China for stirring up insubordination and chastised in Britain for sexism and promoting unhealthy food.

Their romance packed up due to allegations and counter allegations of infidelity,fraud and insubordination.

The question, though, is how Acosta survived the insubordination and deception that reportedly led to Geale’s dismissal.

They hate Trump so much that they are tolerating insubordination, even cheering it.

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Common combinations with insubordination

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "insubordination" in a sentence?
An example: "Her supervisor then accused her of insubordination for not showing the tattoo — placing her in a catch-22 situation." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "insubordination" from authentic English texts.
What does "insubordination" mean?
Insubordination means: The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.
What are synonyms of "insubordination"?
Common synonyms of "insubordination" include: rebelliousness, defiance, subordination, resistance.
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