underbred

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9

Definition of underbred

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of inferior breeding or upbringing; vulgar, lacking in manners or finesse.
    “The art of governing these under-bred varlets lies more in the dignity of looks than in words […].”
    “Himself, he felt the most underbred of all; he was afraid of these Utopians: snobbish and abject before them, he was like a mannerless earthy lout in a drawing-room, and he was bitterly ashamed of his own abjection.”
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adj

  1. Of inferior breeding or upbringing; vulgar, lacking in manners or finesse.
    “The art of governing these under-bred varlets lies more in the dignity of looks than in words […].”
    “Himself, he felt the most underbred of all; he was afraid of these Utopians: snobbish and abject before them, he was like a mannerless earthy lout in a drawing-room, and he was bitterly ashamed of his own abjection.”
  2. Not purebred; of an inferior strain.
    “I prefer both sire and dam to be well-bred, but a well-bred mare and an underbred horse will produce a faster animal than a thoroughbred horse and an underbred mare.”

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of underbreed

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Etymology

From under- + bred.

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