underbred
Americanadjective
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having inferior breeding or manners; vulgar.
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not of pure breed, as a horse.
adjective
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of impure stock; not thoroughbred
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a less common word for ill-bred
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“It is underbred, not only in the obvious sense, but in the literary sense.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
You were fortunate, madam," said I, "in the indisposition that confined you to your room, and which rescued you from the underbred presumption of this man's manners.
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James
How underbred your brother will persist in being, my love," said she, calmly; "that vile trick of slamming a door, they learn, I 'm told, in the Guards' Club.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
He had to turn away that the coarse-grained, underbred man beside him might not see too much.
From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.
When I asked to see the manager of the affair, you know, the Skipper, they showed me an underbred brass-bound official called a Purser, who said he'd put me in irons if I wasn't civil.
From Aliens by McFee, William
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