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Recent Examples of indiscipline
The biggest variable in the final weeks of the campaign may be Trump’s trademark indiscipline.
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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
The text is peppered with the sort of ephemeral outrages that have been the sound and fury of the last four years: Trump belittles his staff, seems obsessed with the looks of the women and men, tweets his way through indiscipline.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 25 June 2020
The wage-price spiral that ensued throughout the 1970s, sending inflation even higher, did not reflect the labor movement’s indiscipline and irresponsibility, as conservative critics at the time pretended, but its strength.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2022
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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
The text is peppered with the sort of ephemeral outrages that have been the sound and fury of the last four years: Trump belittles his staff, seems obsessed with the looks of the women and men, tweets his way through indiscipline.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 25 June 2020
The wage-price spiral that ensued throughout the 1970s, sending inflation even higher, did not reflect the labor movement’s indiscipline and irresponsibility, as conservative critics at the time pretended, but its strength.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscipline
Noun
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Kylian Mbappe has been isolated since the turn of the year, and too little is being said about the shortcomings in attack.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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However, the Highway Performance Monitoring System also has several shortcomings that require further examination.—
Mark Pittman,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Restaurants with over 30 demerits are required to fix the worst issues immediately and remedy the rest within 48 hours.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2025
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One was their head-to-head matchup, which UCLA won 77-62 in November, and the other was South Carolina’s blowout loss to UConn in mid-February, a demerit in the committee’s mind for being an uncompetitive loss.—
Ben Pickman,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Despite efforts by the small Republican contingent in the state Legislature to cast light on these failings, the agency remained immune from true accountability until the pandemic-era disaster struck.—
Lanhee J. Chen,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
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But the fund’s failings struck at the heart of New York’s intentions, said Eric Olson, a corporate and finance lawyer at Cleary Gottlieb, a white-shoe firm helping some licensees to develop their businesses pro bono.—
Ashley Southall,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Observers have suggested physiological reasons for this Jekyll & Hyde variance but there are tactical foibles too.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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The ninety-seventh Academy Awards lay at the end of a road filled with scandal and chaos, thanks to the tweets of one Karla Sofía Gascón and other foibles along the way.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Beset by coughing fits, alcoholism, and a healthy dose of self-loathing, Kilmer’s portrayal emphasized the human frailty of an Old West legend over masculine bravado.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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More recently, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and a Republican legislature have been riding a tense tightrope of governing frailty.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
31 Mar. 2025
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Fashion chains attributed some of that weakness to cold weather and were clearly crossing their fingers and hoping the trend changed with the weather.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Any signs of internal weakness represent an opportunity for the opposition.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Indiscipline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indiscipline. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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