- past participle of discipline.
- past tense form of discipline.
disciplined
- accustomed adj.
- ascetic adj.
- businesslike adj.
- controlled adj.
- gentle adj.
- habitual adj.
- methodic adj.
- methodical adj.
- methodical/methodic adj.
- middle-of-the-road adj.
- moderate adj.
- ordered adj.
- orderly adj.
- qualified adj.
- regimented adj.
- sober adj.
- spartan adj.
- systematical adj.
- tame adj.
- trained adj.
- trained adj.
- veteran adj.
Example Sentences
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What happens when the player who needs to be disciplined is named Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal or James Rodríguez?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
There was his bond with trumpeter Booker Little, his high-school best friend who died at 23 in 1961, and whose searching spirit and disciplined musicianship profoundly affected Mr. Lloyd’s approach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Initially he welcomed the trust's highly disciplined approach, and was pleased the school was "moving into a new way of learning".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
TD Cowen analyst Derrick Wood wrote in a Thursday note that the combination of greater Azure upside than expected and a disciplined capital-spending outlook “was the best scenario outcome for the stock.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
I was one of the least disciplined, so by the time I was ten, the only subject I had studied systematically was Morse code, because Dad insisted that I learn it.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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