undeferential
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
un- + deferential
Adjective[edit]
undeferential (comparative more undeferential, superlative most undeferential)
- Not showing appropriate respect or courtesy.
- 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292:
- Smoke rose high - cigarette and golden table-lighters brought round by undeferential white-coated flunkeys - but there was nothing to drink except orange crush - officially.