adjective
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a less common word for ill-bred
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not taught or instructed
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obsolete not born
Etymology
Origin of unbred
Example Sentences
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He set aside the pure monochromes, unbred, as Laban's share.
From Time Magazine Archive
They frequently learn from unbred or debauched servants, such language, untowardly tricks and vices, as otherwise they would be ignorant of all their lives.
From Pamela, Volume II by Samuel Richardson
Sure, never anything was so unbred as that odious man.
From The Way of the World by William Congreve
Contentment dwelt within his heart, And, from his dark and piercing eye His freedom showed, unbred of art, His honor look'd unconsciously.
From Canada and Other Poems by T. F. (Thomas Frederick) Young
My nephew's a little unbred: you'll pardon him, madam.
From The Way of the World by William Congreve
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