disobedient
adjective/ˌdɪsəˈbidiənt/
Frequency rank: #17,553 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Unwilling to obey rules or authority.
Example sentence
The teacher kept the disobedient student after class for refusing to follow instructions.
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