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insubordinate

How many syllables in insubordinate?

  5 syllables

Divide insubordinate into syllables:   in-sub-or-di-nate
Primary syllable stress:   in-sub-or-di-nate
Secondary syllable stress:   in-sub-or-di-nate
How to pronounce insubordinate:   in-suh-bawr-dn-it
How to say insubordinate:

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Synonyms for insubordinate


2 syllables
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    4 syllables
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        What rhymes with insubordinate

        4 syllables
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