Dis`o*be"di*ent (?), a. [Pref. dis-
+ obedient. See Disobey, Obedient.]
1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to
do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not
observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to
persons and acts.
This disobedient spirit in the
colonies.
Burke.
Disobedient unto the word of the
Lord.
1 Kings xiii. 26.
2. Not yielding.
Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten
life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system
disobedient to stimuli.
E. Darwin.