undocile

adjective

Definition of undocilenext
as in uncontrolled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undocile
  1. uncontrolled
  2. untrained
  3. unbroken
  4. savage
  5. untamed
Adjective
  • Without effective coordination, patients fall through the cracks, chronic diseases remain uncontrolled and preventable complications (including heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure) ensue.
    — Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Swaths of land left uncontrolled grew into carpets of invasive buffelgrass nearly right up to the jagged edge between the mountain and the sky.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 22 July 2026
Definition of uncontrolled
Adjective
  • To the untrained eye, my room may appear to contain an unusual array of objects.
    — Shivali H. Patra, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
  • Officials again urged untrained civilians not to self-deploy into disaster zones.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026
Definition of untrained
Adjective
  • 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
  • The almost unbroken chain of Czech winners here means that the next generation always has someone to look up to.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 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
  • 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
  • And though the untamed nature of jungle plants doesn’t quite conjure the French countryside, this villa—Nice Projects's largest interiors project yet—still offers a cocooning sense of calm.
    — Valentina Raggi, Architectural Digest, 21 July 2026
Definition of untamed
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“Undocile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undocile. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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