Used in a Sentence

disciplined

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for disciplined.

Editorial note

There is a natural yellowing from coffee, tea, smoking and aging that even disciplined hygeine doesn't combat.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Possessing mental discipline.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of disciplined gathered in one view.

adjective

Possessing mental discipline.

adjective

Under control.

adjective

(in combination) Relating to a specified kind or number of disciplines.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for disciplined.

Example sentences

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There is a natural yellowing from coffee, tea, smoking and aging that even disciplined hygeine doesn't combat.

2

Lots of cool things you can do with these special offers so long as you are disciplined in your approach.

3

A dishonest site will have a poor-quality feed, and may be disciplined by being ignored.

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For disciplined spenders who use the credit card for convenience, spend carefully and pay it off every month, you are correct.

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In any other organization, people who didn't do their jobs would be disciplined or fired.

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A disciplined standing army is more vulnerable too, in some situations, than highly decentralized forces.

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They are just very disciplined and efficient when it comes to cranking out devices, while their software R&D is still quite reasonable.

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Combined with the calendar this is a very efficient system if you stay disciplined and take the extra couple seconds to manage this.

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Turns out, as do many things, that it ends up taking longer to get to product/market fit than if you are more disciplined early on.

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It's more than that, and it is multi disciplined.

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> A dishonest site will have a poor-quality feed, and may be disciplined by being ignored.

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We are looking for a disciplined, talented, and customer-focused Systems Engineer to join our established engineering team.

Quote examples

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The option to choose 2 points doesn't seem completely risk-free to me from an "emotional" point of view: Suppose you choose the 2 and the class was actually disciplined enough that the points weren't lost.

2

This topic roughly reminds me of Jeff Schmidt's book "Disciplined Minds"[1], where he argues that professionals are likely to be more conservative and trusting of the government that other people, in part due to the process of professional education.

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Even though the fees for Vanguards targeted retirement date fees are much higher than a weighted average of one of their money market and index funds, these fees are still really low and as such, the "set it and forget it" function is very useful and valuable (certainly when considered in a behavioral economics framework where one may not be as disciplined with re-balancing as the models indicate).

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> "mining data on their health, home loans, credit cards, places of work, neighborhoods, even how their kids are disciplined in school — all to document “inequalities” between minorities and whites.

Proper noun examples

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What we’re looking for Optimistic, Driven and switched-on graduate Disciplined, with a strong work-ethic Not afraid to pickup the phone, with a cheeky and likeable manner Strong verbal communication skills Sales, retail or customer service experience desired At least a Bachelor’s degree in any subject.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use disciplined in a sentence?

There is a natural yellowing from coffee, tea, smoking and aging that even disciplined hygeine doesn't combat.

What does disciplined mean?

Possessing mental discipline.

What part of speech is disciplined?

disciplined is commonly used as adjective.