ill-bred

[ il-bred ]

adjective

1. showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly; rude.

ill-bred

adjective

1. badly brought up; lacking good manners

Derived Forms

• ˌill-ˈbreeding, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-bred¹

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

To converse with an entirely uneducated person upon literature, interlarding your remarks with quotations, is ill-bred.

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Such conduct is not only excessively ill-bred, but intensely selfish.

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It is annoying and ill-bred to throw your soiled clothes into the family wash.

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This is a breach of good-breeding often committed, and nothing can be more ill-bred.

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To object to the dish itself is an insult to your entertainers, and if you assert any reason for your own dislike it is ill-bred.

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