Disregarding restraint; licentious; disposed to violate laws; turbulent; ungovernable; as an unruly youth. The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil. James 3:8.

Accustomed to break over fences and escape from inclosures; apt to break or leap fences; as an unruly ox. The owner of the unruly ox paid a sum of money, as a civil penalty for the ransom of his life.