insubordinate

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Insubordinate and often insufferable, he is assigned to recover a kidnaped British scientist held by criminals who contribute to the nation's "brain drain" by snatching and selling top scientific talent to foreign powers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Insubordinate, in-sub-or′din-āt, adj. not subordinate or submissive: disobedient.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Insubordinate to France it certainly is, and intemperate; turgid, too, as any youth of twenty could well make it.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

Insubordinate applies to the disposition to resist and resent control as such; mutinous, to open defiance of authority, especially in the army, navy, or merchant marine.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

"Insubordinate children who play off from school in the morning must work in the afternoon," Karl said at luncheon, and they went to their work that afternoon with freshened spirit.

From The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love by Glaspell, Susan