# insubordination

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #43,719

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
From in- + subordination, on the model of French insubordination.

## Common misspellings (23)
`innsubordination`, `insbuordination`, `inssubordination`, `insubbordination`, `insubodrination`, `insuborddination`, `insubordiantion`, `insubordinaiton`, `insubordinasion`, `insubordinatino`, `insubordinationn`, `insubordinatoin`, `insubordinattion`, `insubordinnation`, `insubordintaion`, `insubordniation`, `insuboridnation`, `insuborrdination`, `insubrodination`, `insuobrdination`, `inusbordination`, `isnubordination`, `nisubordination`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/insubordination