disciplinary

adjective dis·ci·plin·ary \ ˈdi-sə-plə-ˌner-ē , especially British ˌdi-sə-ˈpli-nə-rē \

|Updated on: 15 Aug 2018

Examples: disciplinary in a Sentence

Definition of disciplinary

1 a : of or relating to discipline

disciplinary problems

b : designed to correct or punish breaches of discipline

took disciplinary action

2 : of or relating to a particular field of study

disciplinary specialization

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disciplinarily

play \ˌdi-sə-plə-ˈner-ə-lē\ adverb

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disciplinarity

play \-ˈnar-ə-tē\ noun

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Examples of disciplinary in a Sentence

The committee is considering disciplinary measures against him.
called for disciplinary actions in response to the outrageous behavior

Recent Examples of disciplinary from the Web

After that time period, the reference to the disciplinary action will go away.

— annie martin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Ex-UCF students who sued over expulsion for sex allegations settle," 11 July 2018
The letter did not specify what, if any, disciplinary actions would be taken against the students.

— fernando ramirez, Houston Chronicle, "Texas Tech president says 'repulsive and racist rhetoric' by students is free speech," 5 July 2018
The employee’s supervisor said there had been past problems with the employee issuing licenses to felons and counselling occurred beginning in 2008, but no formal disciplinary action was taken.

— Washington Post, "Review: Employees lax about Florida concealed weapon permits," 4 July 2018
These included disciplinary actions for confidentiality violations, such as co-worker snooping.

— jack greiner, Cincinnati.com, "HIPAA laws cracking down on co-worker snooping," 3 July 2018
The employee's supervisor said there had been past problems with the employee issuing licenses to felons and counselling occurred beginning in 2008, but no formal disciplinary action was taken.

— brendan farrington, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Florida concealed weapons permits: 2012 probe found more state agency errors," 3 July 2018
The revamped rules around harassment specify that disclosing personal information about a Google employee to subject them to online abuse or harassment is prohibited, and could result in disciplinary action or termination.

— nitasha tiku, WIRED, "Google Tries New Rules to Curtail Harassment of Employees," 27 June 2018
Switzerland stars Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri are facing disciplinary action from FIFA over their controversial celebrations after scoring in their country's 2-1 win over Serbia on Friday, per Sky Sports.

— SI.com, "Granit Xhaka & Xherdan Shaqiri Facing Disciplinary Action Over Controversial Goal Celebrations," 25 June 2018
Yet one crucial thing to understand is that inspectors general have no authority to actually charge anyone with crimes (or indeed, to impose any disciplinary actions).

— andrew prokop, Vox, "The long-awaited inspector general report on the FBI, Comey, Clinton, and 2016, explained," 14 June 2018

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