What is the meaning of unruly?

adjective

  • Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline.
    • usage: "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class"
  • Unwilling to submit to authority.
    • usage: "unruly teenagers"
  • Of persons.
    • usage: "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
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APAWordNet. (2010). unruly. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/unruly/definitions/1187241
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