indiscipline
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌɪnˈdɪsəplɪn/
- From the interview, some teaching staff expressed their feelings on the high rate of indiscipline among non-teaching staff with regard to non-compliance with rules and regulations as they concerned their jobs.
- a high level of indiscipline
- a level of indiscipline
Examples
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Manuel Cholanga, an activist with the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), stated, "We will not permit acts of indiscipline."
Academic text (2004) -
Ignorance, inexperience, or outright indiscipline are often the causes of errors.
Blog text (11) -
I will not have indiscipline in my college.
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I developed a kind of indiscipline toward work.
Blog text (9) -
If any student is found guilty of indiscipline... severe measures will be taken against him.
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Here we had to consider several human concerns, such as the maltreatment of prisoners, torture, abuse of the local population, and general military indiscipline.
Academic text (1993) -
He criticized financial indiscipline in government and declared that UNIP was undemocratic and stagnant.
Academic text (2006) -
The regime of General Buhari (1984-1985) called on Nigerians to be disciplined under his program of War Against Indiscipline (WAI).
Academic text (1993) -
The teacher addressed the class about the issue of indiscipline during school hours.
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Many schools implement strict policies to curb indiscipline among students.
Synonyms
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4.2
Refusing to obey rules or people in charge
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8.5
Refusing to obey orders or respect a person in charge
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6.7
A strong wish not to follow rules or authority
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7.2
A tendency to be difficult to control and to disobey rules
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6.0
Noisy actions by people who do not follow rules or order
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9.9
Not being able to control yourself or follow rules
Antonyms
How Disciplined
Surface Forms
Morphology
indiscipline = discipline (transparent) = in + discipline
The noun is formed in a straightforward way from 'discipline' with negative 'in-' meaning a lack or absence of discipline.
Etymology
Indiscipline comes from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and discipline, a word related to disciple that once meant a 'learner' or someone 'trained'. So indiscipline literally means 'not trained', which is why it describes a lack of control or failure to follow rules.