unruly
adjective
not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless.
unruliness
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a word derived from
unruly.
Example Sentences
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Jessie hung signs in her shops that warned customers against any unruliness.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2023
To be sure, the wrangling of parties, the broken campaign promises, the sheer unruliness of it all, can turn people off.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2023
Harder to disagree with, though, is the impeccable balance throughout; the dignified restraint of his “Eroica”; the unruliness of his Seventh’s finale, exactly the bacchic romp on the verge of derailment that it should be.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
This unruliness of identity is also reflected in my output, with each of my works occupying a different niche.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
Their anger over it can manifest itself as unruliness.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
