Meanings
plural indisciplines
- uncountableusuallyLack of discipline.
Germany feared that the fiscal indiscipline of countries like Italy and Greece could make the new euro currency unstable.
2002 February 7, Steven Erlanger, “German unemployment is growing problem for [Gerhard] Schröder”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Feb 20181 more example
[O]ur delay, and other things which happened, were proofs—and I was told not uncommon ones—of that carelessness, unreadiness, and general indiscipline of French arrangements, which has helped to bring about, since then, an utter ruin.
1871, Charles Kingsley, “Homeward Bound”, in At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. […], volume II, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 313
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Late Latinindisciplina
- Middle French[Term?]
- Frenchindiscipline
- Englishindiscipline
From French indiscipline, from Middle French [Term?], from Late Latin indisciplina.
More words from French, Middle French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch ongedisciplineerdheid
- ongedisciplineerdheidTranslations
Finnish kurittomuus
- kurittomuusTranslations
French indiscipline
- indisciplineTranslations
German Disziplinlosigkeit, Undiszipliniertheit
- DisziplinlosigkeitTranslations
- UndiszipliniertheitTranslations
Italian indisciplina
- indisciplinaTranslations
Polish brak dyscypliny
- brak dyscyplinyTranslations
Cite this entry
indiscipline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indiscipline
“indiscipline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indiscipline. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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