underbreeding

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noun

A lack of manners or sophistication.

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Meanings

underbreeding1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of underbreed

underbreeding2

noununderbreeding (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA lack of manners or sophistication.

    It was considered the acme of underbreeding to manifest any sense whatever of patronage in such deeds.

    1916, Princess Eleanor Hulda Calhoun Lazarovich-Hrebelianovich, Pleasures and Palaces

Origin

underbreeding · verb

From underbreed + -ing.

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underbreeding · noun

From under- + breeding.

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APA

underbreeding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbreeding

MLA

“underbreeding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbreeding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underbreeding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbreeding.

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