unruliness
1
7.2
- noun
- /ʌnˈruːlinəs/
:
indisciplina
- For cadres, unruliness and ungovernability are problems that must be overcome.
So licensea license we get from that is sort of unruliness, right?
- So licensea license we get from that is sort of unruliness, right?
Examples
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Even in 2010, the Internet retains more of a frontier unruliness than other forms of media.
Blog text (11) -
Government-appointed editors such as Frias and later Hugo Neyra, editor of Correo, were removed after manifestations of independence and unruliness.
Academic text (1993) -
The crowd is noisy to the point of unruliness.
Fiction book (1991) -
We take their perceived unruliness and we say everybody with that distinguishing feature is like that.
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I agree that the overhead created by unruliness or irrelevancy is a demanding issue.
Blog text (32) -
James Beattie similarly describes the unruliness of fancy's movements and its illusory creative impulse in his Essays on Poetry and Music as They Affect the Mind (1776).
Academic text (2017) -
Just as the habit of obeisance to Church and State, according to Buckle, extends beyond the Reconquest in Spain and pervades every deep aspect of Spanish life, so the habit of unruliness in the Spanish masses, in Ortega's opinion, becomes a constant of daily living
Academic text (2004) -
The teacher struggled to maintain order due to the students' unruliness during the field trip.
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The unruliness of the crowd made it difficult for the police to manage the event safely.
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Parents often worry about the unruliness of their children when they gather in large groups.
Synonyms
55
4.2
Refusing to obey rules or people in charge
38
8.5
Refusing to obey orders or respect a person in charge
3
6.7
A strong wish not to follow rules or authority
2
6.8
A strong wish to do things your own way and ignore rules
2
3.9
Noisy or violent behavior that shows little control
1
7.2
A situation where people do not follow rules and cause disorder
1
9.9
A tendency to be easily annoyed and hard to control
1
4.5
Noisy, rough behavior that causes trouble
1
7.5
A habit of acting unpredictably and refusing to follow rules
1
9.9
Noisy behavior that is hard to control and refuses to obey
1
3.7
Actions in public that disturb other people or cause trouble
1
8.9
A situation where people are very hard to control, like a crowd or class
Not being able to control yourself or follow rules
Noisy actions by people who do not follow rules or order
How Unruly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unruliness breaks into un- ('not'), rule ('control' or 'order'), and -ness ('state' or 'quality'), so it literally means the state of 'not following rules'. That's why we use it for behaviour that is hard to control or clearly disobedient.