indiscipline

noun

in·​dis·​ci·​pline (ˌ)in-ˈdi-sə-plən How to pronounce indiscipline (audio)
: lack of discipline
indisciplined adjective

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The biggest variable in the final weeks of the campaign may be Trump’s trademark indiscipline. Brian Bennett, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024 And for years, some in the White House had viewed Mr. Giuliani’s indiscipline and unpredictability — his web of foreign business affairs, his mysterious travel companions and, often enough, his drinking — as a significant liability. Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023 The text is peppered with the sort of ephemeral outrages that have been the sound and fury of the last four years: Trump belittles his staff, seems obsessed with the looks of the women and men, tweets his way through indiscipline. Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 25 June 2020 The wage-price spiral that ensued throughout the 1970s, sending inflation even higher, did not reflect the labor movement’s indiscipline and irresponsibility, as conservative critics at the time pretended, but its strength. Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for indiscipline 

Word History

First Known Use

1783, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of indiscipline was in 1783

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“Indiscipline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indiscipline. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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