as in disregarded
to ignore in a disrespectful manner
an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled
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Recent Examples of flouted
Some churches flouted state and local health mandates and stayed open, reorienting their entire ministries around the issue and highlighting the irony that, in some states, liquor stores were permitted to operate while houses of worship were not.
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Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
Flight attendants turned into drill sergeants, barking at passengers who flouted mask rules or dawdled too long eating that snack with the mask off.
—Thomas Black, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
They were routinely mistreated by employers who flouted wage, food, and housing guarantees.
—Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Johnson taunted his opponents in the ring and flouted his wealth outside of it.
—Jared Bahir Browsh, The Conversation, 10 Nov. 2025
And Johnson was unclear about what recourse the city would have in real time if federal agents, troops, or law enforcement flouted his instructions, beyond suggesting a lawsuit.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Just because Healy has flouted the law along State Road A1A for more than 20 years does not give him the right to complain that he finally got caught!
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
Republicans also flouted norms.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
For much of the past six decades, although borders have repeatedly been flouted and—in a few notable cases—redrawn, that legal precept has generally held.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2025
Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
Flight attendants turned into drill sergeants, barking at passengers who flouted mask rules or dawdled too long eating that snack with the mask off.
—Thomas Black, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
They were routinely mistreated by employers who flouted wage, food, and housing guarantees.
—Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Johnson taunted his opponents in the ring and flouted his wealth outside of it.
—Jared Bahir Browsh, The Conversation, 10 Nov. 2025
And Johnson was unclear about what recourse the city would have in real time if federal agents, troops, or law enforcement flouted his instructions, beyond suggesting a lawsuit.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Just because Healy has flouted the law along State Road A1A for more than 20 years does not give him the right to complain that he finally got caught!
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
Republicans also flouted norms.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
For much of the past six decades, although borders have repeatedly been flouted and—in a few notable cases—redrawn, that legal precept has generally held.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flouted
Verb
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This time, the group contended that San Diego’s supplemental analysis of the visual and neighborhood character impacts of taller buildings, prepared in advance of the 2022 ballot measure, disregarded other consequential environmental factors.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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Young’s warnings were eventually disregarded, with Mara, the younger brother of team president and CEO John Mara, returning to the organization as vice president of player evaluation in 2003 after a decade-long sabbatical.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Trump supporters despised him, while some Democrats embraced him — if reluctantly — and still many others would always condemn him as a war criminal for his role in Iraq.—
Don Gonyea,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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The fact that the film is named after its subject’s most beloved — and most despised by Hart himself — hit tells you everything.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Flouted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flouted. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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