Meaning of Insubordination | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

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العربية التمرد

Deutsch Aufsässigkeit Befehlsverweigerung Gehorsamsverweigerung Insubordination Ungehorsamkeit

Ελληνικά ανυπακοή ανυποταγή ανυποταξία απειθαρχία απείθεια

Español insubordinación

فارسی سرکشی نافرمانی

Suomi niskoittelu niskurointi tottelemattomuus

Français insubordination

Gaeilge easumhlaíocht

Magyar engedetlenség függelemsértés

Հայերեն անհնազանդություն

Italiano insubordinazione

日本語不服従

한국어 거역 불복

Македонски непослушност

Nederlands insubordinatie

Polski niesubordynacja

Português insubordinação

Русский неповиновение неподчинение непоко́рность ослуша́ние

Svenska insubordinationsbrott olydnad subordinationsbrott uppstudsighet

Examples

“Green, who served as a technical manager in the network's Washington bureau, charged in her suit that she was subject to "repeated acts of insubordination by white male engineers and technicians, with the effect of the erosion and undermining of [her] ability to carry out her duties as supervisor."”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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