undisciplined
pronunciation
How to pronounce undisciplined in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈdɪsəplɪnd]
How to pronounce undisciplined in American English:
US [ˌʌnˈdɪsəplɪnd]
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- Adjective:
- not subjected to discipline
- not subjected to correction or discipline
- lacking in discipline or control
Word Origin
- undisciplined (adj.)
- late 14c., "untrained," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of discipline (v.). Similar formation in German undisciplinirt, Swedish odisciplinerad. Specific meaning "not subject to military discipline" is attested from 1718.
Example
- 1. Mr putin now seems to consider the country 's bureaucrats as rather distasteful and undisciplined , more concerned about getting rich than about doing anything positive for the state .
- 2. In that regard he is the opposite of say bill clinton who brackets the other end of the baby boom : gates analytically rigorous and emotionally reserved the president equally smart but intellectually undisciplined and readily intimate .
- 3. We are very undisciplined with our mouths .
- 4. You 're self-centered , undisciplined and unpractical .
- 5. The bandar-log are not just monkeys : kipling describes them as undisciplined , leaderless , chattering , full of fine ideas but unable to carry anything through to a conclusion exactly how putin describes the opposition .