underbred
Word-form referencesunderbreed
Adjective
Of inferior breeding or upbringing; vulgar, lacking in manners or finesse.
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The art of governing these under-bred varlets lies more in the dignity of looks than in words […].
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Himself, he felt the most underbred of all; he was afraid of these Utopians: snobbish and abject before them, he was like a mannerless earthy lout in a drawing-room, and he was bitterly ashamed of his own abjection.
Not purebred; of an inferior strain.
Usage- of animals
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I prefer both sire and dam to be well-bred, but a well-bred mare and an underbred horse will produce a faster animal than a thoroughbred horse and an underbred mare.
Adjective
(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
of inferior or mixed breed
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an underbred dog
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