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indisciplinary

indisciplinary is the alternative form of undisciplinary.

Meaning of undisciplinary

Adjective

undisciplinary (not comparable)

  1. Not enforcing discipline.
    • When the combination of disciplinary mother and undisciplinary father occurs, the criteria are scored as they actually are, that is, the father is scored as undisciplinary (0).1948, Psychiatry, Volume 11, Guilford Press, page 162
  2. Not belonging to, or not obeying the rules of, a discipline.
    • Perhaps above assertions are too radical, but when we reflect and find that the veterinarian received but a limited amount of pharmaceutical and chemical education and that in a very undisciplinary manner to the time of appointment of a national commission of examiners by the Board of Agriculture.1911, American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal, Volume 40, page 341

Origin of indisciplinary

From in- + disciplinary.

Questions about indisciplinary

What is indisciplinary the alternative form of?
Indisciplinary is the alternative form of undisciplinary.

Words near indisciplinary in the dictionary

  1. indiscerptibility
  2. indiscerptible
  3. indiscerptibly
  4. indisciplinable
  5. indisciplinarity
  6. indisciplinary
  7. indiscipline
  8. indisciplined
  9. indisciplines
  10. indiscoverable
  11. indiscoverably

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