noncompliant

adjective

Definition of noncompliantnext
as in recalcitrant

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncompliant
  1. recalcitrant
  2. disobedient
  3. defiant
  4. refractory
  5. obstreperous
  6. insubordinate
  7. wayward
  8. rebellious
Adjective
  • Crystal tells a tale of guest hosting The Tonight Show for Johnny Carson and having a recalcitrant guest in Mr. Cosell, despite the fact the two were friends.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Nanny McPhee, a strict disciplinarian, clad in black, arrives uninvited to rid the recalcitrant children of their worst habits.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of recalcitrant
Adjective
  • At any point, a willingness to be both selfish and disobedient would have saved her.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 25 Sep. 2024
  • In this view, disobedient journalists, scientific experts, officials, and judges are the enemy.
    Pippa Norris, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2021
Definition of disobedient
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, defiant members of parliament raced to the National Assembly building for delegation.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
  • From Supreme Court Rulings To Drunk Trespassers, The Pupfish Has Seen It All If the environmental threats to the Devils Hole pupfish weren’t enough, humanity has thrown its fair share of challenges at this defiant little fish that continues to maintain its meager numbers.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of defiant
Adjective
  • It is meant to treat only people with refractory myeloma.
    Sarah Hudgens, Health, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Similar to refractory bricks, firebricks can store heat or insulate, depending on what they’re made from.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of refractory
Adjective
  • Making clear that any future conflict would end with the reunification of the entire peninsula under the South’s authority should increase the North’s restraint, as well as reinforce China’s efforts to rein in its obstreperous ally.
    Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
  • Featuring bodies stacked like cords of wood and a bloated S.S. guard dangling from an iron hook, the spread was an obstreperous incursion among the kind of fashion and perfume ads that Miller had once shot or appeared in.
    Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2024
Definition of obstreperous
Adjective
  • If anything, Truman waited too long to do it after MacArthur failed to anticipate or even detect the Chinese intervention and then grew increasingly insubordinate, criticizing Truman and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in his communications with Congress.
    Mike Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2023
  • But even just with blueprints for the space, Culpepper tried to block out those moments in a way that made sense for the shifting power dynamics between would-be teacher and insubordinate student, alternating who appeared taller and more in control of the frame.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 July 2024
Definition of insubordinate
Adjective
  • The wayward Arctic fox found in Portland and recently transferred to a Wisconsin zoo was diagnosed with salmon poisoning.
    Axios Portland, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
  • There's no national reconciliation to be had here, just a wayward son spared from the bracing legal accountability so many others have had to face.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of wayward
Adjective
  • Unconventional and futuristic, Aquarius pushes us to break free from tradition, encouraging bold, rebellious choices in our wardrobe.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The film follows a rebellious horse trainer named Tabitha who, after the death of her husband, tries to find some financial stability.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of rebellious
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