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adj. - The quality of being unteachable or unruly.

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Usage examples (19)
  • But the extreme illiterateness and indocility of this maid are surprising, considering that she wants not inquisitiveness, appears willing to learn, and, in other...
  • Intellect can be served only by the finest properties of the blood; and if there be any indocility of soul, any impurity of purpose, any coldness or carelessness, any...
  • I am not supposing any indocility, or unwillingness to listen.
  • I confess indocility to correctness, at least the correctness which varies with fashion.
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