undocile

adjective

Definition of undocilenext
as in uncontrolled

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  1. uncontrolled
  2. untrained
  3. unbroken
  4. savage
  5. untamed
Adjective
  • OpenAI disclosed that test versions of its AI models slipped their offline confines, accessed the internet and hacked into rival startup Hugging Face, triggering alarm over uncontrolled, rule-breaking machines.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • Because shark teeth can easily tear through major arteries, veins and tendons, uncontrolled blood loss is the biggest immediate threat.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of uncontrolled
Adjective
  • The untrained artist began drawing only in her seventies, but her still lifes, often made after dark with humble materials like everyday markers and ballpoint pen, bristle with energy.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
  • In 2010, a man in Florida swerved to avoid an animal in the roadway, striking a guardrail maintained by untrained prison inmates.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of untrained
Adjective
  • Zendaya wore a thin ribbon of vibrant red all the way around her eye, hugging the upper lash line and coating her lower waterline, staying unbroken at the inner corner.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 20 July 2026
  • Hope anchored the innings after his partner's dismissal, adding 45 runs from 31 balls in an unbroken partnership with Sherfane Rutherford who finished 22 not out.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Definition of unbroken
Adjective
  • The Yellow Death has disfigured the population, and soldiers in white-and-red tunics serve the savage Duke of Tviot.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Josefowicz, in her decathlon of a performance, brought Ligeti’s savage discontinuities to the surface.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of savage
Adjective
  • On the island’s northeastern coast, Anassa embraces its untamed landscape with a design that feels rooted in its surroundings.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 July 2026
  • Courtesy Luxury Living Costa Rica Three centuries before wealthy investors sought out trophy holdings along Costa Rica’s untamed Pacific coast, these shores were a theater of conquistadors, corsairs and cannon fire.
    — Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of untamed
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“Undocile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undocile. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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