0 (of a person) not willing to obey orders from people in authority, or (of actions and speech, etc.) showing that you are not willing to obey orders:
an insubordinate child
1 refusing to obey orders from someone in authority, and not showing respect for them:
We shall take action against city employees who are insubordinate, or who are discourteous to the public.
He does not deny having written the letter; what he denies is that it is insubordinate, and that is a matter for those who are employing him.
Such offences include neglect of duty and offences of dishonesty; discreditable or insubordinate conduct; disobedience to orders; improper relations with prisoners or ex-prisoners; and unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority.
I understand that the inspector referred to in the last paragraph of the question aggravated his breach of the regulations by the insubordinate tone of his letters.
There have been reports of a few lazy, insubordinate and intimidating staff in hospital wards.
Section 33, on insubordination, includes the use of insubordinate language.
The offences were mainly discreditable and insubordinate conduct, disobedience of orders or neglect of duty.
There are men who are violent, insubordinate, sullen, morose and utterly brutal creatures.
Secondly, the risk of a nuclear exchange being triggered in error by an insubordinate or maverick custodian would be eliminated.
