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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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This breakthrough indicates that ICE energy efficiency can still be improved, regardless of its many shortcomings.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Feb. 2025
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Paradoxically the complementarity of AI with NI — natural intelligence — presents a unique opportunity to address these shortcomings.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 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,
2 Mar. 2025
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Fort Worth’s inspections function on a demerit system: 0 demerits is considered a perfect score.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Feb. 2025
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Does the actor looking older than her 21 years (a notion that is, of course, entirely subjective) infer some kind of moral failing?—
Morgan Fargo,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2025
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The study framed their feelings as internal failings rather than responses to external pressures, such as patriarchy and white supremacy, which drive perfectionism.—
Shari Dunn,
TIME,
25 Feb. 2025
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White is simply too gifted a dramatist, and too acute an observer of human foibles, for these concerns to feel forced.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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Nudging All of Us Toward Peaceful Change Image Ms. Montgomery and Mr. Jones had an affinity for material about marital foibles.—
Bill Friskics-Warren,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 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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The Takeaways When you, the adult child first notice new frailty and difficulty with an aging parent’s balance, initiate the conversation about how to remain safe.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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With it, not only the frailty of human relationships is revealed but also the disruptive potential of social media – within and between all generations.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2025
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Vitamin A toxicity can cause vomiting, nausea, blurry vision, muscle weakness, liver damage and potential brain damage.—
Neha Mukherjee,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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Hannah Mckay | Reuters London’s listing problem isn’t limited to the capital, with weakness in the U.S. and Asia too, according to the head of the London Stock Exchange Group.—
Zahra Tayeb,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Indiscipline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indiscipline. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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