uncomplying

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The temper and habits of the young are not become so stiff and uncomplying as when more advanced in life; they form more easily to each other, and hence many occasions of disgust are removed.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

This man," continues Nicholas, "displayed upon every occasion a more uncomplying spirit of independence than any of the other chiefs.

From John Rutherford, the White Chief by Craik, George Lillie

Others of the company, as Vane and Adams, incurred the Protector's displeasure by too uncomplying principles.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter

He not only felt the uncomplying message of the queen as a sufficient mortification to his personal vanity, but as a public attack upon his influence and power as a king.

From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Cox, Francis Augustus

But in me, you, my mother and Queen, have hitherto found an uncomplying daughter--and you, Fathers, a self-willed Princess.

From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, William