undocile

Definition of undocilenext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for undocile
Adjective
  • That data can be retained and used in future ways, unknown and uncontrolled by those whose biometric data has been collected.
    Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • Outside of programmed scripts, robots struggle to perform autonomous actions in uncontrolled environments.
    Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • The earliest historians of midwifery argued that this was a progressive story of the triumph of expertise and science and reason over the superstitions and backward practices of untrained female midwives.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • Beyond that, though, the Americans cannot afford to start with a thud, not with so many untrained eyes finally paying attention.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
Adjective
  • But more than four years later, Putin has managed to unite all of Ukraine’s ethnic, cultural, and religious groups against Russia, and Ukrainian spirits remain unbroken.
    Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Over the past year, IBKR has climbed in a nearly unbroken series of higher highs and higher lows, with the 50-day moving average, now at $83, rising steadily beneath price the entire way.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 22 June 2026
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
Adjective
  • The county is also undertaking efforts to reduce vegetation on untamed land beyond the suburban streets of Altadena and Sunset Mesa.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Ongetem, which opened on June 25, 2025 as the anchor restaurant of Hilton’s first Canopy property in South Africa, takes its name from the Afrikaans word for untamed.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
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“Undocile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undocile. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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