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Recent Examples of indiscipline
Leicester had no such issues under Maresca, which suggests the indiscipline issue is specific to this group of Chelsea players.
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Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024
Today’s geopolitical environment would accordingly be less forgiving of the indiscipline that Washington once exhibited.
—Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
The biggest variable in the final weeks of the campaign may be Trump’s trademark indiscipline.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
And for years, some in the White House had viewed Mr. Giuliani’s indiscipline and unpredictability — his web of foreign business affairs, his mysterious travel companions and, often enough, his drinking — as a significant liability.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
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Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024
Today’s geopolitical environment would accordingly be less forgiving of the indiscipline that Washington once exhibited.
—Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
The biggest variable in the final weeks of the campaign may be Trump’s trademark indiscipline.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
And for years, some in the White House had viewed Mr. Giuliani’s indiscipline and unpredictability — his web of foreign business affairs, his mysterious travel companions and, often enough, his drinking — as a significant liability.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscipline
Noun
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Less than three weeks after his storybook St. John’s season came to a sudden end, the Hall of Fame coach acknowledged a shortcoming that’s helped drive his roster building this spring.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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And while the firings of three coaches at the end of last season could be interpreted as a warning shot to Hyde, Elias surely knows the responsibility for the team’s current shortcomings falls more on him than his manager.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Fort Worth’s restaurant inspections function on a demerit system: Zero demerits is considered a perfect score.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2025
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Under the old system, a perfect score was 0 demerits.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2025
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Organizations must stop treating burnout as a personal failing or an unavoidable reality of today’s workplace, and start recognizing it as a systemic issue.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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One major failing has been a slow response to an obvious need for more water storage — either in reservoirs or underground aquifers — to capture winter rains and spring snowmelts as a buffer for dry years.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Others, like the infamous Che Diaz or Pose’s Elektra and Candy, land closer to home and remind us of our own real-life foibles.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
28 Mar. 2025
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Both women must adapt to each other’s perspective and foibles, and each grows in the process.—
Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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Over a career that made headlines for landmark victories such as a six-figure judgment, later reversed, against LAPD Chief Daryl Gates, Yagman also became notorious for intemperance, most pointedly evidenced by his brutal characterization of a federal judge.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2021
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In a situation that forbids explicit expressions of intemperance or protest, mischief is the perfect solution.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 June 2022
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His work is not a treatise on structural inevitability but an exploration of how human frailty, political misjudgment and moral decay can combine to unleash catastrophe.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
15 Apr. 2025
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Kilmer somehow makes power, frailty, and deterioration coexist as Tombstone unfolds.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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However, economists say trade deficits aren’t a sign of national weakness.—
Time,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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The dollar strengthened after days of weakness, and oil rose back above $60, starting to climb out of a danger zone.—
Ben Berkowitz,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Indiscipline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indiscipline. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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