Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indiscipline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: in-dis-ci-pline
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lack of discipline.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[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."
"Germany feared that the fiscal indiscipline of countries like Italy and Greece could make the new euro currency unstable."

Etymology

From French indiscipline, from Middle French [Term?], from Late Latin indisciplina.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: indiscipline, indisciplina

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

indisciplines (plural)

Synonyms

undiscipline

Questions

What does indiscipline mean?: Lack of discipline.
Where does indiscipline come from?: It is traced to French.

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