undocile

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for undocile
Adjective
  • Indeed, of the roughly 500 uncontrolled blazes in Canada, 305 were being monitored.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
  • According to the Texas Invasive Species Institute, snail damage in uncontrolled fields can be as high as 100 percent for rice seedlings in the germinating stage.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The cost of untrained mental habits is clear: poor decisions, weakened relationships and cultures of anxiety.
    Gamini Hewawasam, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
  • These kinds of crimes are far too serious offenses to leave their detention decision up to the untrained and non-legal intake professionals within DJS.
    Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Built in black leather, the Havva Chunky Heel Boots featured a tall, unbroken shaft and Novruzova’s signature square toe, which jutted forward with a deliberate, almost cartoonish severity.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The Pitt scored a bevy of Emmy nominations earlier this month, as did The Bear and shows such as Severance and Adolescence, which also use single-take, unbroken sequences to nerve-wracking effect.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 July 2025
Adjective
  • The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • Soar above the dramatic, still-active La Soufrière volcano on a helicopter tour over Montserrat’s untamed beauty.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 31 July 2025
  • Here's what to know about tall grass, weeds and untamed gardens in Milwaukee neighborhoods.
    Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
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“Undocile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undocile. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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