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Synonyms

undisciplined

British  
/ ʌnˈdɪsɪˌplɪnd /

adjective

  1. not exhibiting self-control or good behaviour

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Example Sentences

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“His mind was, from what I could see, largely undisciplined, which is how he could make these connections so unexpectedly and usefully, but not always usefully,” Crocker said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

I’m old enough to remember when friends in the Arkansas political press corps scoffed at the notion their governor, the phenomenally gifted but wildly undisciplined Bill Clinton, could ever be elected president.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025

Playing Fresno State presents one final chance for the Bruins to change the narrative that they’re undisciplined.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2024

His speeches and press conferences are surreal windows into his undisciplined, puerile mind.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2024

If something captured my undisciplined imagination, I pursued it with a zeal bordering on obsession, and from the age of seventeen until my late twenties that something was mountain climbing.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer