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Unruly

//ʌnˈɹuːli// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Wild; uncontrolled.

    "The police gathered to contain the unruly mob."

Adjective
  1. 1
    incapable of being controlled wordnet
  2. 2
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline wordnet
  3. 3
    unwilling to submit to authority wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English unruly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- + rule + -ly (compare Middle English ruly, reuli (“subject to a religious rule, regular”)), but also representing a modified continuation of earlier Middle English unrouly, unroly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- + roolie. The latter is perhaps from or influenced by Old Norse *úróligr, related to Danish urolig (“restless”), Swedish orolig (“restless”), Icelandic órólegur (“agitated”). Compare also Middle English unroo, unro (“unrest”). More at roo.

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