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underbred
[ uhn-der-bred ]
adjective
- having inferior breeding or manners; vulgar.
- not of pure breed, as a horse.
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Derived Forms
- ˌunderˈbreeding, noun
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Other Words From
- un·der·breed·ing [uhn-der-, bree, -ding], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of underbred1
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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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