Meanings
adjectiveundeferential (comparative more undeferential, superlative most undeferential)
comparative more undeferential · superlative most undeferential
- Not showing appropriate respect or courtesy.
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.
1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot showing courteous respect
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