A history of insubordinate behavior. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an insubordinate soldier. From Dictionary.com.
Decidedly, he was not afraid to be what club men call insubordinate, though, of all insubordinates, the club men are the worst. From Wordnik.com. [The End of General Gordon: Paras. 67-99] Reference
I guess being "insubordinate" was a job requirement for the new position. From Wordnik.com. [Big Labor-Backed Group To Unleash Massive Mail Blitz In Swing States Tying McCain To Bush] Reference
Instead, Naffe was told she was being "insubordinate" and "not a team player.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-08-01] Reference
Koniz said he was told that he was "insubordinate" to DIA Director of Aviation Kim Day. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
Palin has denied any wrongdoing, telling Fox News last week that Monegan was "insubordinate" in disputes over budget issues. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
If Kiffin is truly trying to get himself fired, it's much easier to put him in the 'insubordinate' spot by attempting to come to an accord with him. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts from the Dark Side] Reference
According to reports, both employees were being "insubordinate" and their firing coincided with the arrival of some "bouncer types" on the Infinity Ward campus. From Wordnik.com. [ShoutWire.com] Reference
"insubordinate" was a job requirement for the new position. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
In a moment Miss Jemima had forgotten her insubordinate cook. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
They did no work, they stole, were insolent, insubordinate, and what not. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
His diaphragm is well drilled, but his lips and tongue are insubordinate. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Here as late as 1777 appears the tendency of the militia to be insubordinate. From Wordnik.com. [Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold] Reference
Mr. Carfax went on with his insubordinate conversation, oblivious to the insult. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919] Reference
Few Moors, however, joined his alliance, and these were altogether insubordinate. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War] Reference
Muhammad, though an insubordinate soldier, had been a skilled marksman in the Army. From Wordnik.com. [Descent Into Evil] Reference
My! Colonel, you do seem to have got hold of a pretty insubordinate kind of a Rabbit, too!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 10, 1892] Reference
It was highly insubordinate, but I overlooked it, as I believed, for the good of the service. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
For another, his generals wouldn't have dared be as insubordinate as they have been under Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Levine: Would it Be Worse if McCain Were President?] Reference
Captain Gesbrook had the name of being able to reduce any, the most insubordinate, to discipline. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
The first (/| \) is the king's mark put on those who are totally irreclaimable and insubordinate. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
"You damned insubordinate little devil," he murmured, and drifted once more into unconsciousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
Director of the Barricades, was insubordinate at Satory, and was shot by the side of the fosse there. From Wordnik.com. [The Insurrection in Paris] Reference
Some children are tender, affectionate, and obedient; while others are coarse, ugly, and insubordinate. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
He will often indulge his fancy for insubordinate episodes, so long as they are in some way characteristic. From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
She had been coolly insubordinate, of course, but she was young and very much alone in a strange environment. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
She continued her story, telling her mother that she and other insubordinate soldiers were being interrogated. From Wordnik.com. ['I MEAN, RAISE PURE HELL'] Reference
McNulty, we came to learn, wasn't merely a self-righteous insubordinate -- he was utterly self-destructive and myopic. From Wordnik.com. [High 'Wire' Act] Reference
But alas! the great majority of human beings are sufferers from the inharmonious and insubordinate action of these servitors. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
I venture to doubt whether so simple an expedient would reduce to submission an insubordinate House of Representatives at Washington?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861] Reference
Cortez, the insubordinate lieutenant of Velasquez, whose death is said to have been hastened by the rebellious and ungrateful conduct of. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
The reduction of the insubordinate nobles on the patrimonial estates of the crown was the first problem engaging the attention of the early. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
But many of the subpoenaed groups have been splendidly insubordinate, resisting the subpoenas by simple noncompliance and by threatening to seek relief in court. From Wordnik.com. [Deregulating Politics] Reference
As the editor of the Times has (it may be) logically and fairly drawn from this singular document the conclusion that I am insubordinate, I can only deny the intention. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army inspector general is investigating whether aides to former Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal were insubordinate when they made a series. From Wordnik.com. [McChrystal Staff Under Investigation For Rolling Stone Interview] Reference
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