How to Use undisciplined in a Sentence

undisciplined

adjective
  • Akam makes no claim to be balanced, and this is a dense and at times undisciplined book.
    — Simon Akam, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
  • But there was nothing undisciplined about his life in the kitchen or as a writer.
    — Corby Kummer, The Atlantic, 8 June 2018
  • The through-line in the losing streak has been undisciplined play in all three phases.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • There were too many close losses borne of undisciplined and uninspired play.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 18 July 2019
  • Trotter wasn’t pleased with undisciplined play from his team for a second straight week.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Shanahan's team was also the more undisciplined squad on the field by a wide margin.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2023
  • But the team must correct sloppy and undisciplined play that led to nine penalties.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2020
  • But also, a problem for our team is undisciplined fouling at times.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • On the field, his teams were routinely sloppy and undisciplined, right to the end.
    — George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2019
  • To his expert eye the soldiers were undisciplined and poorly trained.
    — Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 12 June 2017
  • Argentina was so open, and so undisciplined, and had so many flaws in the structure and the speed of their team.
    — Grant Wahl and Brian Straus, SI.com, 12 July 2018
  • Locksley said Wednesday that’s a sign of an undisciplined team.
    — Don Markus, baltimoresun.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Their work is haphazard and clunky and every bit as undisciplined as Dewey.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • So many of Alabama’s problems in the game were due to undisciplined play.
    — Matt Stahl | [email protected], al, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The power play came roaring out of the gates against an undisciplined opponent.
    — Chris Johnston, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Dalton has the tools around him to keep the offense rolling, but the Cowboys are undisciplined.
    — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Three fourth-quarter personal fouls were undisciplined, not to mention a bad look for a team with the game in hand.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • And Collins, who finished with four tackles, was undisciplined on the edge of the defense.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The Ducks had been erratic and undisciplined in the fourth quarter.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2022
  • In Mangueira people lived what on the surface looked like chaotic, undisciplined lives.
    — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
  • Both teams went through stretches of undisciplined play, though the Spartans cleaned up their issues down the stretch.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Throughout, the filmmaker presents himself as lazy and undisciplined, awestruck by the monks.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 May 2022
  • The most undisciplined team this year has been the 2-0 Buccaneers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021
  • The other is Trump himself, an uninformed and undisciplined oaf who likes to shoot from the hip.
    — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 10 Aug. 2017
  • The biggest problem, though, was how undisciplined the Wolverines were.
    — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2019
  • That said, let it be known that the vines do fruit with no more pruning than a yearly, undisciplined whacking away aimed at keeping the vines in bounds.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2018
  • But the fight led many fans and critics back to the theme of the Browns being undisciplined, which was the case early in the season.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2019
  • The Eagles were unsound and undisciplined.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Dallas was undisciplined in the first and the Lightning took unwise penalties in the second.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2020
  • According to Serrano, Leon was known to be brash and undisciplined in his work.
    — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2019

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