underbred

un·der·bred

lacking good manners; ill-bred
not of pure breed

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underbred

adjective

Poorly brought up; ill-bred.
Of mixed breed; not thoroughbred.

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Adjective

(comparative more underbred, superlative most underbred)

(chiefly horses) of inferior breeding
lacking in manners or finesse

Antonyms

(breeding): thoroughbred

Origin

under- +"Ž bred

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We are underbred and low-lived and illiterate; and in this respect I confess I do not make any very broad distinction between the illiterateness of my townsman who cannot read at all and the illiterateness of him who has learned to read only what is for children and feeble intellects.

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