noun
- the quality of being difficult to teach, train, or control; stubbornness or unruliness
Usage: formal
Examples
- The teacher struggled with the student’s indocility during lessons.
- His indocility made him unsuitable for military service.
- The horse’s indocility frustrated the trainer’s efforts.
- Her indocility as a child gave way to independence as an adult.
- The committee noted the employee’s indocility in following procedures.
- Despite his indocility, he was brilliant at solving complex problems.