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un·ruli·ness

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unruliness, fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulnessnoun

    the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline

Wiktionary

  1. unrulinessnoun

    The state of being unruly.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unrulinessnoun

    Turbulence; tumultuousness; licentiousness.

    Etymology: from unruly.

    By the negligence of some who were hardly to be commanded, and by the unruliness of others, who without leave were gone a-shore, so fair an occasion of victory was neglected. Richard Knolles.

    No care was had to curb the unruliness of anger, or the exorbitance of desire. Amongst all their sacrifices, they never sacrificed so much as one lust. Robert South, Sermons.

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  1. unruliness

    Unruliness refers to the inability or unwillingness to follow norms, rules, control or standards of behavior. It is characterized by actions or behaviors that are disorderly, disruptive or rebellious.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unrulinessnoun

    quality or state unruly

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unruliness in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unruliness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of unruliness in a Sentence

  1. Edward Tricomi:

    This will help set the hair, add volume and reduce frizz and unruliness.


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