undisciplined

Examples

• All

• Parenting isn't a popularity contest, Tom, but I guess if you knew that, your kids wouldn't be so undisciplined.

  Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

• There's a lot of talent there, it's just raw and undisciplined.

  Hoosiers (1986)

• And so often we live in an undisciplined thinking world.

  Tom Ferry

• This is what you get with an undisciplined mind.

  Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

• You Delta boys are a bunch of undisciplined cowboys.

  Black Hawk Down (2001)

• Even though, in her opinion, they were behaving like undisciplined children.

  Fiction book (1991)

• "Lawyers are undisciplined and tend to run their business that way," says consultant Henning.

  Academic text (1996)

• America's Founders were deeply concerned with the problem of undisciplined, unlimited government.

  Academic text (2018)

• An undisciplined mind gives in to fancy's movements just as a balloon rides a wind current.

  Academic text (2017)

• When students cannot sit still, their teachers often consider them inattentive, disrespectful, unmotivated, undisciplined, or underachieving.

  Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

R

rebellious

vsundisciplined

43 4.5

Not willing to follow rules or authority

is less about deliberate defiance and more about poor self-control

U

unruly

vsundisciplined

41 4.3

Difficult to control and messy or noisy

focuses on personal inability to follow rules rather than noisy disturbance

D

disorderly

vsundisciplined

34 4.4

Behaving badly and not following rules

is about a personal lack of self-control rather than only chaotic acts

I

insubordinate

vsundisciplined

12 8.1

Refusing to follow orders or respect someone in charge

covers passive poor self-control as well as active refusal to obey

R

recalcitrant

vsundisciplined

• Formal

11 8.1

Not willing to follow rules or accept control

is broader, focusing on inability to follow rules rather than only stubbornness

D

disobedient

vsundisciplined

11 4.0

Refuses to obey rules or people in charge

is more general, covering lack of self-control as well as refusal

M

mutinous

vsundisciplined

4 8.6

To refuse to obey leaders and show open rebellion

is usually about personal lack of self-control rather than organized revolt

U

ungoverned

vsundisciplined

3 7.1

Not controlled and showing no restraint

describes internal failure to follow rules rather than absence of control

I

indocile

vsundisciplined

1 9.9

Hard to control or train and does not obey people in charge

is broader, indicating personal lack of self-control rather than training issues

S

self-willed

vsundisciplined

1 7.3

A person who insists on doing what they want and often disobeys others

is about weak self-control generally rather than persistent personal willfulness

U

unsubdued

vsundisciplined

8.9

Not controlled and still wild

describes an ongoing lack of self-control rather than only failed restraint

U

unregimented

vsundisciplined

6.7

Not kept to strict rules and giving people freedom to choose

is about failing to follow rules rather than choosing loose structure

Antonyms

D

disciplined

10 4.2

Acting in a controlled, orderly way and following rules because of training or self-control

How Disciplined

self-disciplined

2 5.4

disciplined

10 4.2

undisciplined

18 4.6

unruly

41 4.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology