unruly
pronunciation
How to pronounce unruly in British English:
UK [ʌnˈruːli]
How to pronounce unruly in American English:
US [ʌnˈruːli]
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- Adjective:
- noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- unwilling to submit to authority
- of persons
Word Origin
- unruly (adj.)
- "disposed to resist lawful restraint," c. 1400, from un- (1) "not" + obsolete ruly (adj.) "amenable to rule." Related: Unruliness.
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Example
- 1. When you start meditating , you will notice how unruly the mind is .
- 2. Police in india spray unruly crowds with coloured water : stained and sodden agitators are easier to identify .
- 3. With mr jobs gone , apple is just one of many technology firms trying to invoke his unruly spirit in new products .
- 4. His plan to " reimplement " life shows an engineer 's desire to replace biology 's unruly heritage-kludge built on kludge for billions of years-with something designed to be fit for a physicist 's practical purpose .
- 5. And in britain calls have been made this week to ban the use of the mosquito , a high-pitched-noise generator that is used to disperse groups of unruly teenagers from congregating points such as shopping centres and housing estates .