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mutiny

How to use mutiny in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for mutiny.

Editorial note

I've seen more corporate mutiny attempts in a few years than most people do in their lives.

Examples15
Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of mutiny gathered in one view.

noun

open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)

verb

engage in a mutiny against an authority

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mutiny.

noun

open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)

verb

engage in a mutiny against an authority

Example sentences

1

I've seen more corporate mutiny attempts in a few years than most people do in their lives.

2

"which to this day contains no sailors because they are still in disgrace for their mutiny at Spithead in 1797.

3

Generally you get a mutiny - or everyone leaves the boat.

4

As the last sentence in the article states, I believe the modern-day form of mutiny is brain-drain.

5

Would there be a risk of panic or mutiny, if all of the crew were permitted to fully understand such circumstances?3.

6

Let's say we listen to our inner doubts, we mutiny and throw Ahab overboard, we are still on a whaler in the middle of the ocean.

7

The key difference with corporate "mutinies" and mutinies at sea is that on a ship your mutiny needs to take control of the ship to succeed.

8

And security in the process to prevent a mutiny or hostile takeover in the vulnerable split state.

9

To avoid outright mutiny I developed an alternative design that didn't need a Lisp interpreter.

10

The ringleader was able to get five or six key technical employees to mutiny with him, and that would have been sufficient to jeopardize ongoing operations.

11

Take the Connecticut example I mention elsewhere: how many officers would die trying to take away the guns of 300K civilians before they'd mutiny?

12

When management is aware of that, it is sometimes possible to 'mutiny in place' where a meeting with management is held where the choice is provided to change or potentially lose the entire company.

13

I don't know what the right word would be here, but it's definitely not "mutiny".I also strongly suspect no one of any significance in this story is particularly worried about this exposure.

14

Well, yeah, for a group of employees with a bad boss to go over the boss's head to try to get the boss removed has some resemblance to a mutiny on a ship, but why rely on this rather tenuous connection between mutinies on wooden ships and "modern employee mutinies"?

15

What I got from this:- Cancer is complex, its profile is not that of 1 disease but many hundreds of diseases- Sequencing Cancers and attempting to find a match to suggest a treatment will not work, each cancer is unique and itself made up of a diverse population- Cancer is mutiny combined with the greed of evil dictators.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use mutiny in a sentence?

I've seen more corporate mutiny attempts in a few years than most people do in their lives.

What does mutiny mean?

open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)

What part of speech is mutiny?

mutiny is commonly used as noun, verb.