unbreed

plural unbreeds

1. The mutt, considered as a breed in its own right.

   They are a generic, a noname animal, the unbreed, one of a kind, and in these days of mass-produced merchandise, of branding run rampant, the mutt's uniqueness is a priceless commodity.

   2005, Julia Szabo, The Underdog: A Celebration of Mutts, Workman Publishing, →ISBN

present singular third person unbreeds · participle present unbreeding · participle past unbred · past unbred

1. To undo breeding or its effects.

   We cannot unbreed the child and reconstitute his genes in a happier combination.

   1967, Sidney W. Bijou, Donald M. Baer, editors, Child Development: Readings in Experimental Analysis, Appleton-Century-Crofts, page 111

   1 more example

   "That's what they were bred for and you just can't unbreed that kind of stuff in an animal overnight," Ellis said.

   2005 January 24, Tara Brautigam, “Pit bull ban? Owners and officials facing off”, in The Spectator

2. To cause to become extinct through insufficient fertility.

   (No, I don't think the human species will unbreed itself out of existence.)

   2004, Ben J. Wattenberg, Fewer: How the New Demography of Depopulation Will Shape Our Future, Ivan R. Dee, →ISBN, page 16

3. figurativelyTo unmake or destroy.

   In the 1970s it was different, and there was no feasible Shihāb to hold the ring and unbreed suspicion.

   1991, Kenneth Craig, The Arab Christian: A History in the Middle East, Westminster/John Knox Press, →ISBN, page 208