ADJECTIVE: "refusing or likely to refuse to proceed, act, or function as directed or expected" Crossword Clue

We have the 5-letter answer for ADJECTIVE: "refusing or likely to refuse to proceed, act, or function as directed or expected" crossword clue, last seen in the Missing Letter Crossword February 14, 2026 puzzle. This answer will help you finish the puzzle you’re working on.

ADJECTIVE: "refusing or likely to refuse to proceed, act, or function as directed or expected" Crossword Answer

→1.

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Hide

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. stopping short and refusing to go on

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ADJECTIVE (adjective)
1. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
ADJECTIVE (noun)
1. a word that expresses an attribute of something
2. the word class that qualifies nouns
FUNCTION (noun)
1. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
2. (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
FUNCTION (verb)
1. perform as expected when applied
2. serve a purpose, role, or function

More Missing Letter Crossword (2/14/2026) Answers

Across

6. ___ time (most people need it)

7. Uris book of 1984, with "The"

10. Focuses on the journey and not the destination

11. 'I'll take that as ___'

12. PRONOUN: "used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and by Quakers especially among themselves"

13. ADVERB: "at some indefinite time in the past"

14. VERB: "to express in words"

15. "You do the hokey-___"

16. NOUN: "the territory of a...[certain member of the nobility]"

18. NOUN: "overall total exclusive of deductions"

20. Bacon source

23. NOUN: "the main part of the interior of a church"

24. Spanish for "hand"

25. Historical period

26. NOUN: "a unit in a multiunit structure (such as an apartment building) or on land owned in common (such as a town house complex)"

27. NOUN: "a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place"

28. Alan in "Little Miss Sunshine"

29. Surname that's Spanish for "kings"

All Answers

Down

1. St. ___ (Caribbean hotspot)

2. INTERJECTION: "used as a greeting or farewell"

3. ADJECTIVE: "expressing much [affection] or sentimentality"

4. NOUN: "the articulation between the femur, tibia, and patella"

5. ADVERB: "used as a function word usually to introduce correction or contradiction of a negative assertion"

7. NOUN: "questionable or underhanded activity"

8. Finish for govern

9. NOUN: "a baby kangaroo"

13. INTERJECTION: "used to express amazement"

15. Many laptops

17. VERB: "to put into action or service"

18. Use your grinders (on)

19. NOUN: "one of the ancient traditional melodic patterns or modes in Indian music"

21. NOUN: "an unaffiliated record or movie production company"

22. Muscle for a criminal enterprise

24. ADVERB: "to a greater or higher degree"

26. Roller coaster vehicle

All Answers