insubordination

IPA: ɪnsʌbɔrdʌnˈeɪʃʌn

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.

Examples of "insubordination" in Sentences

They rest on a strict hierarchical structure in which insubordination is the highest crime.
Because of what he calls insubordination in the legal department, Mr. Dudley now uses outside counsel for many legal issues.
But when the utimate cost for insubordination is her memories, can she master the art of mind-hacking without blowing her cover?
The dismissal yesterday of the executive director of the Board of Elections for alleged "insubordination" is not likely to speed the voting process next week.
Commissioners cited sexual harassment cases in the police department, several police chases that led to the deaths of bystanders and what they call insubordination on Turner's part.
“In a prison where computers reign and the ultimate cost for insubordination is your memories, a light-hearted painter must cooperate with a dangerously intelligent stranger to escape.”