undocile

Definition of undocilenext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for undocile
Adjective
  • Müller contends that support for the referendum is motivated less by xenophobia than people’s concern that the population is growing at an uncontrolled rate.
    Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • In uncontrolled airspace, air traffic control does not provide services; pilots are responsible for their own navigation and collision avoidance.
    Agamemnon Crassidis, The Conversation, 11 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
  • Freud held famously unhurried sessions, often requiring sitters to spend unbroken hours in the studio over the course of days or even months.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026
  • The hotel will sit within the existing Hōkūala Resort community, giving guests access to dining and golf within the resort, including the Ocean Course at Hōkūala, the island’s only Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course, which has the longest unbroken stretch of oceanfront holes in Hawai’i.
    Scott Laird, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • Harron slyly transforms it into a savage social satire, using the narrator’s unreliable point of view to borderline absurdist effect.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
  • What begins as a desperate family bonding trip rapidly devolves into savage violence and brutal psychological warfare.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 June 2026
Adjective
  • But for lovers of remote places and untamed nature, the effort is well worth it.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 14 June 2026
  • Players can embark solo or in teams of four across Gielinor’s previously unexplored continent of Ashenfall, on a quest to discover why untamed, transformative magic spills across the fractured land.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 11 June 2026
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“Undocile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undocile. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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