underbred

[ uhn-der-bred ]

adjective

1. having inferior breeding or manners; vulgar.
2. not of pure breed, as a horse.

underbred

/ ˌʌndəˈbrɛd /

adjective

1. of impure stock; not thoroughbred
2. a less common word for ill-bred

Derived Forms

• ˌunderˈbreeding, noun

Other Words From

• un·der·breed·ing [uhn-der-, bree, -ding], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of underbred¹

First recorded in 1640–50; under- + bred

Example Sentences

An uneducated, underbred, and underfed propertyless man is a man who has lost the possibility of liberty.

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She is forward, affected, and underbred; and her character is somewhat—never mind what.

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This was what came of allowing oneself to become familiar with an underbred stranger!

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I need scarcely say that he met the dignified rebuke such underbred observations merited.

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I should be sorry for him myself—if only he were not such an underbred beast!

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