Undisciplined

Definition: Undisciplined

Undisciplined

Adjective

1. Not subjected to discipline; "undisciplined talent".

2. Not subjected to correction or discipline; "let her children grow up uncorrected".

3. Lacking in discipline or control; "undisciplined behavior"; "ungoverned youth".

Date "undisciplined" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references)

Synonyms: Undisciplined

Synonyms: uncorrected (adj), ungoverned (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Undisciplined

English words defined with "undisciplined": disorderly ♦ Puppyhood ♦ Un-. (references)

Specialty definitions using "undisciplined": C Programmer's Disease. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Undisciplined Horse (reference) Undisciplined Theory (reference) Undisciplined Women: Tradition and Culture in Canada (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Undisciplined Fury (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Alfred Jarry	Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Congo	These abuses, usually the ransacking of churches and the pilfering of church property, generally were committed by undisciplined government troops. (references)
	Togo	Undisciplined acts of some soldiers manning roadblocks, such as frequent demands for bribes before allowing citizens to pass, impeded free movement within the country. (references)
Human Rights	Congo	Unlike in previous years, there were no reports that undisciplined government forces committed abuses such as summary executions, rape, looting, and other violent acts. (references)
Political Economy	Congo	Security forces were poorly trained, poorly paid, and often undisciplined. (references)
	Congo	There were no reports that the Government deployed undisciplined forces during the year. (references)
	Liberia	The ATU absorbed Taylor's most experienced civil war fighters, including undisciplined and untrained loyalists. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Undisciplined" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Undisciplined" is used about 83 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	83	36,350

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "undisciplined"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i pashtrueshëm (indomitable, unmanageable, untamable), i pamësuar (artless, inexpert, raw, unaccustomed, uncustomary, unfamiliar, unlearned, unlettered, unused), i padisiplinuar (disorderly, unruly). (various references)

Arabic		‏همجي (barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, heathen, hooligan, outlandish, ruffian, ruffianly, savage, skinhead, uncivil, uncivilised, wild), ‏على نحو غير منظم. (various references)

Bulgarian		необучен (unlearned, unschooled, untrained), недисциплиниран (insubordinate, tumultuary, tumultuous). (various references)

Chinese		� 纪律. (various references)

Czech		neukáznìný (disorderly, indisciplined, insubordinate, obstreperous, turbulent), nedisciplinovaný. (various references)

Finnish		vallaton (ungovernable, unruly), kuriton (unmanageable, unruly). (various references)

French		indiscipliné (uncontrollable, unruly). (various references)

German		undiszipliniert. (various references)

Greek		αντιπειθαρχικόσ, απειθάρχητοσ. (various references)

Hungarian		fegyelmezetlen (disorderly, inordinate, insubordinate, irrepressible, lax, obstreperous). (various references)

Indonesian		bandel (dogged, obstinate, stubborn). (various references)

Italian		licenzioso (debauched, dissipated, dissolute, frolicsome, indecent, lawless, licentious, loose, obscene, profligate, raffish, ribald, riotous, rollicking, unchecked, unrestrained, wanton, wild), indisciplinato (obstreperous, ungovernable, unruly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		不規律 (disorganized, irregular, slipshod). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふきりつ (disorganized, irregular, slipshod). (various references)

Korean		군기가 불량한. (various references)

Manx		gyn smaght (intractable, unchecked, wayward), gyn oardagh (unceremonious, unceremoniously). (various references)

Pig Latin		isciplinedunday

Portuguese		indisciplinado (insubordination, rambunctious, recalcitrant, turbulent, ungovernable, unruly, unschooled). (various references)

Romanian		nedisciplinat (obstreperous, ungovernable, unschooled). (various references)

Russian		недисциплинированный (disorderly, insubordinate, rebellious, tumultuary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nedisciplinovan (troublesome). (various references)

Spanish		indisciplinado (disorderly, lax). (various references)

Swedish		självsvåldig (bitchy), odisciplinerad. (various references)

Turkish		yaramaz (elfin, elvish, good for nothing, impish, little perisher, mischievous, naughty, non-effective, obstreperous, pickle, prankish, rogue, rompy, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, skittish, unmanageable, wicked), terbiye edilmemiş (untrained), disiplinsiz (badly disciplined). (various references)

Turkmen		tertipsiz (unruly), bidьzgьn. (various references)

Ukrainian		ненавчений (ungrounded, uninformed, unlearned, unschooled), недисциплінований (rebellious, troublesome). (various references)

Vietnamese		vô kỷ luật, không v� o khuôn phép. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	indisciplinatae, indisciplinato, indisciplinatorum, indisciplinose, procaci, procacissimam, procaciter, procax. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"Undisciplined" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: indisciplined. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "undisciplined" (pronounced undi"supli'nd)
3	-i' n d	headwind, sequined, underpinned, whirlwind, woodwind.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-i-i-i-l-n-n-p-s-u"
	-2 letters: disciplined, disinclined.
	-3 letters: discipline, disincline.
	-4 letters: diclinies, discipled, indulines, insculped, pulicides.
	-5 letters: clupeids, disciple, inclined, inclines, included, includes, induline, indulins, nucleins, nuclides, penicils, pinnules, pulicide, silicide, spindled, splendid, suicided, unsliced.
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